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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First edition. 182, [2] pp. Blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, front board decorated in blind, with the dust jacket. Some rubbing to head and tail of the spine, corners a little bumped; jacket shows some edgewear with minor chipping at the head and tail of the spine and a bit of soiling, but overall a clean copy, nicer than usually seen. Ownership signature of poet and editor William Abrahams, dated 1942, on the front free endpaper. Edelstein A5.a.1, noting 1000 copies were printed.