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New York:: Printed for the Author, 1913., 1913. 8vo. 48 pp. Original printed brown wrappers; slight wear to spine ends, else very good. LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies printed at Hillacre, Riverside, Connecticut. "After returning from a merry post-graduation visit to England, France and Spain, Reed settled in New York in March 1911. ... With the invaluable help of his friend Steffens, Reed found work with the American Magazine, where, among other editorial tasks, he selected from poetry manuscripts those worth arguing for in the editorial committee. The Monthly and the Lampoon at Harvard had trained him in such disputations, and in The Day in Bohemia, a delightful verse parody written during the summer of 1912 during a long stay in Portland [Oregon] after the death of his father..." – Eric Homberger, John Reed, Manchester University Press, 1990, page 27. The dedicatory epistle to Lincoln Steffens offers: "Steffens, I hope I am doing no wrong to you / By dedicating this doggerel song to you; /… Leer más

Riverside: Hillacre, 1913. Limited First Edition, 1/500 Copies. Softcover. Small Quarto, [4], 48 pages. In Very Good Minus condition. Softcover in brown wrappers with blank spine, housed in brown cardboard slipcase (with light brown paper label and black lettering). Covers show some fading along spine edge, light wear to corners and paper on spine, some chipping to head of spine, and some cracking along hinges near head of spine. Textblock shows light age toning to uncut edges, and some minor shelf wear to bottom edge. RW Consignment. 1354275. Special Collections.

Riverside: Hillacre, 1913. Limited First Edition, 1/500 Copies. Softcover. Small Quarto, [4], 48 pages. In Very Good Minus condition. Softcover in brown wrappers with blank spine, housed in brown cardboard slipcase (with light brown paper label and black lettering). Covers have significant chipping to paper on spine (quires exposed), with moderate wear to bottom and fore-edges, spine is cracked at page 6/7, but all pages are intact. Textblock has moderate age-toning to uncut edges, and some minor shelf wear to bottom edge. Cardboard slipcase is split along multiple edges. RW Consignment. 1354277. Special Collections.

New York: Printed by the Author, 1913. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First edition. One of only 500 copies. 47 pp. Stiff brown wraps, housed in original brown slipcase with paper spine label. Near Fine with faint dulling to spine in fragile but intact slipcase that is chipped at extremities, with a nicked but legible title label. A nice copy of a rare early work of poetry by the Portland-born author and activist most famous for his chronicle of the Russian revolution Ten Days that Shook the World.

Printed for the Author. Stiff flexible printed self-wrappers. Title in black and red. A near fine copy in the original slipcase. One of 500 copies printed at the Hillacre Press. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1913.

New York: Printed for the Author, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight soiling to the covers; the bottom of the spine lacking about two inches of paper. Very Good. Stiff printed brown wraps (6-1/2" x 9-5/8"). Issued in an edition of 500 copies. Though there is no indication of such in the book itself, this volume was in the possession of Louise Bryant, Reed's wife. Laid in is an interesting piece: a 6" x 7-1/4" reproduction of an unidentified figure on which is written on the verso in an unidentified hand: "In the world is a big place which is called Russia, and there is a little place, my heart, which is full of gratefulness and love for a little American doll Louise Bryant. And when Louise thinks of Russia I beg her to think of me ever yours." Following that is a name, partly obliterated, dated Moscow, April 1921. Perhaps the best known left-wing American journalist of the twentieth century; Reed was portrayed by Warren Beatty in the film REDS, nominated for twelve Academy Awards and winner of… Leer más