Roon: A Brochure of Modern Verse Issued Midsummer Eve and Twelfth Night. Vol II, No. 1, Midsummer, 1930

Mantz, Ruth - editor; Winters, Yvor; Kagawa, Bunichi; Et al.

Published by Ruth Mantz, Stanford, 1930

About this Item

Uncommon issue of this nicely printed poetry chapbook from Ruth Mantz at her Half Moon Press of Stanford, CA. Contains works from an anonymous "M.B.," Yvor Winters, Janet Lewis, Bunichi Kagawa, Noel Stearn, Kathleen Lydon, and Mantz. Also has an early signed print from Thor Putnam, who would later become a layout artist for Disney. This is the first issue of this magazine under the title of "Roon," previously having been published as Carillon, changed to avoid confusion with the Washington D.C. publication of the same name. The Christmas issue of Poetry magazine from 1930 has a quick blurb on the publication: "Lately Miss Ruth Mantz's Half Moon Press of Stanford, California, has published a semi-annual sheaf of poems entitled Roon, the midsummer number of which presented in fine typographical form new poems by." OCLC locates a single holding for an issue of Carillon from 1929, and no holdings for Roon. 8vo, 23x15cm, [1], 15, [1]pp. plus signed woodcut from Thorington Putnam bound in after table of contents. Green, gilt stamped card wrappers, yapped edges, staple bound. Printed orange paper jacket. Very good with foxing to wraps and outer margins. Jacket chipped along upper edge and spine.

Seller Inventory # 5043

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roon: A Brochure of Modern Verse Issued Midsummer Eve and Twelfth Night. Vol II, No. 1, Midsummer, 1930
• Publisher: Ruth Mantz, Stanford
• Publication Date: 1930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition, limited to 100 copies.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry