The Book of Jade by [David Park Barnitz] First Edition, Limited

[David Park Barnitz]

Published by Doxey's At the Sign of the Lark, New York, 1901

The Book of Jade by [David Park Barnitz] First Edition, Limited A firm square copy with rubbed corners and spine ends and a small tear to spine bottom. Two closed tears to first contents page. The author's name is penciled in lightly above the title on the half-tile page, and below the title, in pen, "written by Park Barnitz, Howard '98." Dated 1901. First edition. This edition is limited to six hundred copies, of which this is No. 64. Pictorial cloth, cover stamped red and yellow, spine lettered yellow. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Silk ribbon place marker. 131pp. This is a collection of 59 poems in Two Parts with Prelude and Postlude. Dedicated "To the Memory of Charles Baudelaire." The author's only book. Published posthumously. An American reaction to Puritanism inspired by the British Decadent movement closing the Victorian era. Very scarce. Seller Inventory # HCX25330-1

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Book of Jade by [David Park Barnitz] ...
Publisher: Doxey's At the Sign of the Lark, New York
Publication Date: 1901
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Edition: First Edition.
Book Type: BOOK