STURGES PRESTON Strictly Dishonorable Autograph Poem dated a

Sale 2211 - Lot 221

Price Realized: $ 210

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

STURGES, PRESTON. Strictly Dishonorable. Autograph Poem dated and Signed, "Preston," on the front free endpaper, a stanza from an unknown work. Later printing. 8vo, publisher's cloth; faint uneven toning to signature page; toning to dust jacket spine panel. New York, 1929; inscription: Np, January 1933

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"What good to know this greenery / Is only shoddy scenery-- / That Cupid is a stupid little fool-- / That the firmament conspires / To gratify desires / That pass away when day is dawning cool?"