The Collected Poetry of Dorothy Parker circa 1950's Modern Library Poems Poetry lovers gift book Poetry collection rare poetry book gifts

This is a very good hardcover, NO dust jacket, jacket missing. Circa 1950's Modern Library. This copy is very good inside and out. The pages do show very light natural tanning from age but are clean. The binding is tight and straight. Blue hardcover boards are also very good with only very light shelf wear. There is barely any fading along the lettering on spine and front cover Modern Library logo and title/design very good and clean. Smaller hardcover, crown octavo book size or 5" x 8" with 210 pages including index of first lines.

This edition of The Collected Poetry of Dorothy Parker contains most all of her work. The book is divided into three parts. "Part One" is "Enough Rope" that includes poems such as The Small Hours, Epitaph, Hearthside, The White Lady, Condolence, The Immortals and many more. "Part Two" is "Sunset Gun" which includes Godmother, The Red Dress, Victoria, Incurable, Fable, A Pig's Eye View of Literature, Penelope, Daylight Saving, On Being a Woman, The Whistling Girl and many more. "Part Three" is "Death Taxes and Other Poems" that include Prayer for a Prayer, The Evening Primrose, Solace, Little Words, Tombstones in the Starlight, The Apple Tree, The Sea, Midnight, and many more.

Modern Library began publishing series of books in 1917. they were extremely popular, especially with students, as they were copies of great literature and topics that were priced for the general public. The publishing firm of Boni Liveright started the series, as the idea stemmed from Albert Boni. The first title published was The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. Early editions were published in "pocket book" size for easy carrying to read anywhere and they were bound in leatherette. In 1927, Random House was borne out of Modern Library and pictorial dust jackets were introduced to the series, along with hardcover boards. As publishing changed, Modern Library fell to the wayside but was "reintroduced" in the 1970's. Early editions are collectibles and later titles remain favorites as many collect Modern Library editions of all ages.

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