Sunlight through the Trees

Barker, S. Omar

Published by Highlands U., Las Vegas, N.Mex., 1954

About this Item

First Edition, no additional printings; SIGNED by Barker on half-title page; appears Barker also added the line 'How to read the tracks aright,/Of panther, deer, and bear' to the margin of the poem Mountain Boyhood on page 31, 'had' to poem Star Dance on page 40, and marked the 'u' in 'Jungling' to an 'i' to make the word 'Jingling' instead for the poem Spurs on page 89; bracket to margin of poem Profit and Loss on page 93, possibly by Barker; 8vo, yellow cloth; vg- (light soiling to rear board; spine ends lightly bumped; shelfwear; starting at half-title page; notations by Barker to three, possibly four, poems) with a vg- dj (sticker scar and scrape to top corner of front panel; waterstain to bottom edge of spine tail and both panels near spine tail; spine sunfaded and waterstained; half inch to top of rear panel; edges chipped, torn, worn, and creased); 118pp, laid in article concerning the author's death at 90 (Apr. 2, 1984), in a plastic bag so as not to affect the book. s. Omar himself was considered the Poet Lariat of New Mexico, and won the Western Writers of America Spur Award twice.

Seller Inventory # 8631

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sunlight through the Trees
• Publisher: Highlands U., Las Vegas, N.Mex.
• Publication Date: 1954
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Paul Kemp (dj & cover)
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • New Mexico