SMITH, Dave — THE FISHERMAN'S WHORE
Athens. Ohio University. First Edition. Boards. Poet's first trade book following the publication of two rather scarce chapbooks. This is a dedication copy INSCRIBED by Smith to one of the two dedicatees, the poet Dabney Stuart and his wife: "This book would surely not exist were it not for your friendship and steadfast encouragement. These poems, then, I hope will be as necessary to you as they were to me, as you are to me." SIGNED by the author in Lexington on 15 May 1974. . Some rubbing and edgewear to the dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper