[Poetry] John Varney. First Wounds. First edition signed and inscribed by author. Francesco Bianco: New York, 1926. Original brown boards. One of 500 copies printed. Inscription on title page reads "To My Young Friend.John Varney Nov 26, 1947." Includes the poem "Black Christ" written from the perspective of a white woman scared of her African American slave and dooming him to death by lynching. "The white men hurried away in Fords till in the plain they were specks and less; And I was alone with death in the arbor of a low fruit tree fretting n the rustling wind." Textblock clean and tight. A SIGNED COPY in Very good condition.

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John Varney's First Wounds Poetry Collection Including "Black Christ," Poem On Lynching

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1926

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First Edition.

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