A Winter's Journey (1st Edition)

Hart, Richard

Published by Contemporary Poetry, Baltimore, 1945

About this Item

First Edition. Hardcover. Signed presentation copy. One of only 30 copies numbered and signed by the author. This is Volume Two, Distinguished Poets Series of Contemporary Poetry, edited by Mary Owings Miller. Richard Hart (1908-2007) was born in Baltimore. He was a major figure in the Baltimore literary scene that included Zora Neale Hurston, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and H. L. Mencken. He was the head of the Humanities Department at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Hart joined the staff of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in 1931 and assumed the duties of the Humanities Department Chief in 1940. He held this position until his retirement in 1973. In 1946, he married Evelyn Linthicum, who became the head librarian at the George Peabody Library. They were major figures in the cultural activities in Baltimore. In addition to the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Hart was active in the Maryland Poetry Council, the Baltimore Bibliophiles, and a dozen other organizations, including the 1980 Mencken Centennial Committee. Very good in peach cloth covered boards; some sunning along spine. Poetry. POE/7292.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Winter's Journey (1st Edition)
• Publisher: Contemporary Poetry, Baltimore
• Publication Date: 1945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed by the Author
  • Poetry
  • Presentation Copy