Books

Crane's first book, one of 250 copies printed in September 1929. Cloth backed batik paper boards, very good in defective dust jacket. Although Albert Boni had sold his interest in the firm to Horace Liveright in 1919, the publisher's name remained "Boni & Liveright" until 1928, when it was changed to "Horace Liveright, Inc." 8vo. Blue cloth backstrip over batik paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. Very good in defective dust jacket. Inscribed -- a quote from "The River" section of "Powhatan's Daughter," this book is inscribed to Margaret Babcock Robson, who was a close friend of the Cowleys, and one of the most helpful of Crane's friends: She had typed large portions of "The Bridge. " The phrase was first published in "The Second American Caravan," in 1928. [Schwartz & Schweik A 1.2].