Remembrance Rock 2 Volumes signed

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. 2 volumes with Slipcase. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. [12], 3-532, [4]; [6], 533-1067, [3] pp. Blue cloth with a paper label on each spine printed in navy blue; grey toptains. Signed by Carl Sandburg on the limitation page of volume one. 1,000 copies of this edition were printed on rag paper. This set is numbered 39 out of 1,000. Heise 37. Van Doren 28. The trade edition was printed after this signed limited edition run. The novel follows a pendant struck in 1607, and the people it is passed down to throughout American history. The setting begins at Plymouth Rock, shifts to Valley Forge, then to the era of John Brown, and finally ends shortly before World War II. A lovely set. Very near Fine.Novel by Carl Sandburg, published in 1948. Sandburg's only novel, the work is a massive chronicle that uses historical facts and both historical and fictional characters to depict American history from 1607 to 1945 in a mythic, passionate tribute to the American people. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature About the Author CARL SANDBURG (1878 1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career.