Maxwell Struthers Burt — Songs and Portraits

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of poems by Maxwell Struthers Burt. The first edition of this very scarce work.An early anthology of poems by Maxwell Struthers Burt.'Songs and Portraits' includes a total of forty-nine poems, such as 'If Once the Great Archangel of Our Dreams', 'The Little House', 'Spring in Princeton', 'Pierrot at War', 'From a Tuscan Song', 'Non Omnis Moriar', 'The Pursuit', and more. Burt was a noted American novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was the husband of Katharine Newlin Burt, an author of Westerns. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Light age-toning to the cloth and boards. A few light spots to the boards and spine. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spine label is very lightly rubbed. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .