Author: Herby, Nels Jensen
Title: Fata Morgana and Other Verses. With an Essay on the Nature of Poetry
Description: Oakland, CA: Published by the Author, 1926. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 71; textured blue cloth over boards; gilt title to front board a bit faded; a few small rubbed spots to tips and along spine; very minor foxing to first and last page only, else clean; very good or better. Signed and inscribed by author. A beautiful copy, signed and inscribed by Bay Area poet Nels Jensen Herby - to Ina Coolbrith - the first Poet Laureate of California, the first female Poet Laureate in the United States, and mentor to both Mark Twain and Isadora Duncan. Both Herby and Coolbrith were also part of the literary circle which included Gertrude Atherton and Bret Harte. Ill.: 0. 2.

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