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The serpent in the wilderness / Edgar Lee Masters.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Dreiser Library Folio PS3525.A83 S43 1933
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio AC9 M3935 933s
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950.
Contributor:
Library of Theodore Dreiser (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Genre:
Poetry.
Penn Provenance:
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 (inscription) (Dreiser copy)
Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 (autograph) (Dreiser copy)
Physical Description:
91 pages ; 30 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : S. Dick, 1933.
Contents:
Beethoven's ninth symphony and the king cobra
Ode on America
The seven cities of America
The serpent in the wilderness
Prometheus
Song for the dead gods.
Notes:
"This edition ... consists of 400 numbered copies, of which 365 are for sale, numbers 1 to 84 inclusive, containing holograph manuscript. The book was made under the supervision of Vrest Orton & Ray Nash, and printed at the Marchbanks press on papier de Rives in Baskerville type ... "
"Published May 13, 1933."
Local Notes:
Dreiser copy is no. 198.
Dreiser copy is inscribed to Theodore Dreiser by the author January 3, 1938.
Dreiser copy is enclosed in a box.
OCLC:
3368640

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