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The Wraith Of Gawain. ( Presentation Copy ).
Published by Press Of James Decker., IL., 1941
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, IL. 1948. This is a very rare First edition in fine condition and a very good+ dust jacket with minor edge wear. A tragic story of this poet soldier ending in the loss of his life thru murder /suicide. This copy has been inscribed and dated 1948 by the author. A very attractive and quite uncommon book. Signed by Author(s).
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by author: "To John L. Potts - who, since he keeps my other books, may as well keep this one too. Sincerely, Erwin H. Tax, 12 October, 1948." A RARE piece of American literary history and a real treasure. In grey boards with silver lettering. The dust jacket has a few very minor nicks and is darkened a little with age on the spine and back panel, otherwise about fine. The Decker Press received national attention when it published works by Edgar Lee Masters, August Derleth, Kenneth Patchen, Kenneth Rexroth, etc. in the tiny midwestern town of Prairie City. Tax, the author of this epic poem, "The Wraith of Gawain" eventually gained ownership of the Press by default, only to have it all end in a murder-suicide over unrequited love. Extremely scarce in jacket.
