Five American Immortals.
Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1940. 50pp. One of 475 copies printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Illustrated with original uncancelled postage stamps featuring portraits of the five poets under consideration in Auslander's text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, James Whitcomb Riley, Walt Whitman, and John Greenleaf Whittier. The stamps were issued as part of the Famous American Series of Postage Stamps. This is the third book produced by St. Onge and is one of only two titles published in an edition numbering under 500 copies. A fine, bright copy in gilt decorated blue cloth, with the origina publisher's slipcase. A.e.g. (Massmann 3; Bradbury, p. 252). (3 1/8 by 2 1/16; 80x55mm). Item #32220
Price: $575.00