Mccrudden Francis Lambert (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good-. A poetry collection. The author was the founder of the Raven Poetry Circle of Greenwich Village and editor of "The Raven Anthology." Red wraps with black raven pictorial, 109 pp. Wraps have moderate wear with large chips at the corners, no names or gift notes, text is slightly age-toned, tight binding. Protected by a clear archival container.…

First edition. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full cloth-gilt. 22 cm. 109 pages. This copy contains a signed inscription by the author on the front loose end page as well as a drawing of a silhouetted raven. Francis Lambert McCrudden (1872-1958), a former telephone operator who founded the Raven Poetry Circle, a group of literary bohemians who sold their handwritten poems and drawings in Washington Square Park throughout the Great Depression. In very good plus condition. No other ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. Moderate edge wear/tear/bumping to the cloth covers. Scarce, especially so with the drawing.…

Octavo, 2 pp. 23 lines of text. Lightly discoloured and slightly creased. The letterhead gives the names of seven of the Anthology's staff, and features an illustration of a raven. Regarding a line missed (beginning 'O fool') in the printing of a poem of Zeman's, he is pleased that Zeman has been able to 'see the matter from my side', and doesn't think 'an explanatory note in our next issue would be adequate'. Zeman's poem is 'beautiful' and 'well worth reprinting'. 'As to the Soiree, in your honor, think no more about it. But we do those things here in the Village and by so doing, disengage ourselves from the drab outside world that laughs at all such supposedly useless caperings.' He is glad to know 'that a cup of coffee together, is once more within the possibilities.' The archive of the Raven Poetry Circle, which was founded in the early 1930s and met until the late 1940s, is now with the New-York Historical Society.…