mrs pickering (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very rare book. I cannot find any 1924 copies that are not new reprints. This book is starting to split from the spine. Two "Shawkey" family names from West Virginia written in ink on the inside front page. Some slight foxing. Only 900 copies were printed of this limited edition; this one is number #582. BR (Box 194).

Composed by faculty and staff of the Albemarle County Public School system this 32 page pamphlet is liberally illustrated with black and white photographs of the period -- a number of the University, . With a map of the county in color, and statistics for literacy, church membership, crops, and (interestingly) the foreign born (there was one country resident born in Rumania. 3 from Sweden, 8 from Russia, etc.). Uncommon.

1p., landscape 12mo. Good, on aged paper. Garrison's name and address are typed in the top left-hand corner. Her signature is written boldly beneath the poem, which is eight lines long, in two stanzas. It reads 'Because I snatched a pebble from the way, | And thought it priceless till that day my eyes | Filled with a clearer light, and knew my prize | Was worthless, poorer than the common clay; | Because of this shall I go clamouring, | "Behold, there are no diamonds!" and say, | "Look as ye will, ye find but pebbles"? Nay! | Soul, thou wert blind to do so weak a thing.' The word 'thou' in the last line is underlined by Garrison. The poem was certainly written before 22 March 1909, when it appeared, unattributed ('Selected') in the 'Signs of the Times' (Melbourne, Australia).