"SONNET LUNAIRE" [poem]. TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (TMsS). 14 lines on full sheet of letter size paper, ribbon copy, dated "July 25, 1929" in different typewriter at top left corner, signed by Smith (black ink, forward slanting hand) at bottom right with handwritten addition of accent marks and one edit. "One of Smith's original compositions in French, using the semi-Petrarchan sonnet form he favored: two quatrains and a split sestet. An exercise in romantic melancholy." - Robert Eldridge. Unpublished. Sidney-Fryer, Donald. Emperor of Dreams: a Clark Ashton Smith Bibliography, p. 107. Acidic paper tanned, old tape reinforcements on verso of fold creases, a few minor edge nicks, generally very good. Provenance: Samuel Loveman papers. (#136447).
Price: $450.00
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