NERO AND OTHER POEMS. Lakeport, California: The Futile Press, May, 1937. Small octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-24 [25-26: blank] [note: first two leaves used as front paste-down and front free endpaper], title page printed in red and black, linen-backed printed boards. First edition. Approximately 250 copies printed. Prints ten poems, selected and revised by Smith, that had been published earlier in THE STAR-TREADER AND OTHER POEMS (1912). Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 73. Sidney-Fryer, pp. 130-31. Signature of SF fan/editor Larry Shaw on the front free endpaper. Boards a bit rubbed at corners, a very good copy without dust jacket as issued. Scarce. The three-page essay, "The Price of Poetry" by David Warren Ryder, printed to accompany the book is present in facsimile. (#170972).
Price: $350.00
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