From Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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First edition. Signed by KMS on half title with warm, lengthy inscription, a poem in English, "A clever line for Millie? Well, / I wish I knew just how to treat her. / I'd like to write a foot of verse, / But can't think of a Millimeter. [signed] K.M.S." and then underneath "For Millie Metzurlberg [?] / April Fools Day 1932 / and that goes for John, too." 123 pp. Orange cloth lettered in maroon. Very Good with toned and slightly frayed head, in rubbed and chipped dust jacket, split mended on verso with archival mending tissue, Fair. The author was a humorous poet writing in Chicago, "employing a form of dialect poetry that mixed German words and grammatical structure with English loan words and idiomatic phrases," according to writer and librarian Kevin Kurdylo in a brief article on KMS. He was also a member of the Cliff Dwellers Club. Seller Inventory # 140940768
Bibliographic Details
Title: Limburger Lyrics: Oder Odes in Die Schonste ...
Publisher: Covici Friede Publishers, New York
Publication Date: 1932
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.
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