MILLAY, EDNA ST. VINCENT Renascence and Other Poems.
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1917. First edition, first issue, presentation copy, inscribed: "For Efrem Zimbalist / with his own bad pen / Edna St. Vincent Millay." Publisher's gilt lettered black cloth, glassine wrapper, custom burgundy morocco backed slipcase with cloth chemise. Offset to signature from bookplate, embossed stamp. 7 3/8 x 5 inches (19 x 12.5 cm); [6], 73 pp. Very minor wear to cloth, a faint stain to upper board, glassine toned, brittle and chipping as usual, offsetting from bookplate, a bit overopened at one point, gilt green morocco bookplate of Efrem Zimbalist; Together with The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First edition, inscribed "For Marjorie Rush / very sincerely. / Edna St. Vincent Millay / Rochester / Feb 14 / 1921" Publisher's black cloth in period slipcase and chemise. 7 1/2 x 5 inches (19 x 12.5 cm); x, 93, [1] pp. Light wear.

A very nice association copy of Millay's first book of poetry, humorously inscribed with a sputtering pen to the famous violinist Efrem Zimbalist, offered here with an inscribed copy of her fifth book of poems.

C The Collection of Erica Jong and Ken Burrows

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