THE VERMILION BIRD; [California poetry anthology]
by Sheffield, Rena, edited by; Robinson Jeffers, George Sterling, et al
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- first
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About This Item
Redlands, Calif: Valley Press, (1937). First edition. Collects poems with Californian themes. Includes Jeffers' "An Artist" and Sterling's "Wet Beaches" as well as poems by Florence Churchill Casebeer, Edith Cherrington, Ralph Cheyney, Virginia Church, Margaret Scott Copeland, Dorothy Marie Davis, Sara Bard Field, Hildegarde Flanner, Helen Hoyt, Ruth Comfort Mitchell, et al, with several being first appearances and a number of first book appearances. 8vo gilt-stamped vermilion-red cloth boards; illustrated with woodcut by Franz Geritz; 143 pages including index. Crisp and fine. Lacking dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72044
- Title
- THE VERMILION BIRD; [California poetry anthology]
- Author
- Sheffield, Rena, edited by; Robinson Jeffers, George Sterling, et al
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Valley Press
- Place of Publication
- Redlands, Calif
- Date Published
- (1937)
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