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The image is the cover of Alfred Kreymborg’s Mushrooms: A Book of Free Forms (John Marshall, 1916), his first full-length poetry book and an early American free-verse collection.
Mushrooms by Alfred Kreymborg: Very Good Hardcover (1916) 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s) | Anniroc Rare Books
Inscribed by Author(s) - 1st Edition - Hardcover - John Marshall - 1916 - Condition: Very Good - First edition. Illustrated tan boards, stamped in black, scattered wear to boards, unevenly toned, pages lightly toned but very clean. Overall a Very Good, sound copy. Captivating cover art by William Zorach, winner of the Logan Medal of Arts.*** Inscribed by Kreymborg on front free endpaper - To Harry Norman Gottlieb Jr./From Alfred Kreymborg/ Then don't jot it down /3/21/19. (Gottlieb likely being…
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a 1916 book of free verse called Mushrooms — what a title for a poetry collection, feels so ahead of its time. the cover alone makes me want to track a copy down
