Davidson, Gustav — Ambushed by Angels & Other Poems

London, Outposts Publications, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Dude was seriously into angels. Gustav Davidson (December 25, 1895 – February 6, 1971) "was an American poet, writer, and publisher. He was a one-time secretary of the Poetry Society of America," born in Warsaw, Prussia (now Poland), but he and his family settled in the U.S. in 1907 owing mostly to antiSemitism. He earned both Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Columbia University, workd for the Library of Congress and eventually became the Executive Secretary of the Poetry Society of America from 1949 to 1965. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright red cloth over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and chipped along top edge. Stated First Edition. 64 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,