WURDERMANN, Audrey (1911-1960) — The House of Silk

New York Howard Vinal First Edition First Printing. Slim 8vo: [12],85,[3]pp. Publisher's black finely woven cloth, upper cover decorated and lettered in gold, spine stamped in silver, saffron yellow typographic dust jacket priced $1.50. Fine, fresh copy, apparently unread, in crisp jacket, quite Fine. A superb survival of the poet's uncommon first book. Fine Fine Published when Wurdemann was just age sixteen, at the behest of California poet George Sterling. Her second book, Bright Ambush, published eight years later, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, making her (at age 24) the youngest recipient of that award. Wurdemann was the great-great-granddaughter of the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.)