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E.E. Cummings Tulips and Chimneys. New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923 FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, original boards, lacking dust-jacket, extremities slightly bumped First edition, first printing of the author's first collection of poetry, inscribed by him: "For [Edward] Titus with the compliments of Cummings". The recipient was the American proprietor of the Black Manikin Press in Paris (a press whose published authors included D.H. Lawrence and Hart Crane). Titus later became editor of This Quarter, to which Cummings contributed. There have only been three inscribed copies at auction since 1985. A very good copy lacking the rare dust-jacket.

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e.e. cummings | tulips and chimneys, new york, 1923, first edition, first printing, inscribed by the author

E.E. Cummings The Enormous Room. New York: Boni and Liveright, [1922] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE ("Shit!" present on final line of p. 219), INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket, dust-jacket split at folds and missing substantial chip on lower right corner of upper panel Cummings's first book, a novel based on his internment by the French during WW1. Inscribed by the author to Michael and Claire—unidentified recipients—and rare thus. Cummings' signature is in a different ink from the inscription, but both are in his hand. Cummings volunteered for the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps and went to France in 1917. His letters home, expressing anti-war sentiments, were intercepted by censors and he was interned for suspected espionage, being held (with many others) in “an enormous room”.

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e.e. cummings | the enormous room, new york, 1922, first edition, first state, inscribed by the author

first edition, 8vo, original linen-backed boards with paper lettering piece on spine, dust-jacket, slight spotting, two small holes in lower hinge, soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with tears and some loss

tulips and chimneys. new york: thomas seltzer, 1923

cummings, e.e. three volumes:, eight harvard poets. new york: laurence j. gomme, 1917,...

cummings, e.e. the enormous room. new york: boni and liveright, 1922. 8vo, first...

The Enormous Room. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922

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