WESCOTT GLENWAY Bitterns The Thin 12mo silver pictorial wra

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WESCOTT, GLENWAY. The Bitterns. Thin 12mo, silver pictorial wrappers by Fredrik Nyquist, clean split along spine and a 2-mm chip at foot professionally repaired; laid into custom recessed folding case with 1/4 green leather slipcase. Evanston: published by Monroe Wheeler, (1920)

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first edition of wescott's first book. one of 200 copies. inscribed and signed by wescott to poet louise bogan and with an autograph letter signed by her to wescott. Discusses the two works Poems in Folio and The Meeting, expressing the wish to introduce Wescott to writer William Kennedy, and mentioning John Betjemin, among other topics. Laid in is Bogan's poem The Meeting, marked by Wescott. At Bogan's request in 1957, famed editor William Maxwell urged Wescott to write for The New Yorker. They never agreed on a role as Wescott wanted to write a column, not assume an office position--Roscoe, Jerry. Glenway Wescott Personally.