IDYLLS OF THE GHETTO AND OTHER POEMS
Rand Book Store, 1927. Item #909
DE WITT, S.A. IDYLLS OF THE GHETTO AND OTHER POEMS. NY: Rand Book Store, 1927. Small 8vo., two-tomed cloth, stamped in gilt. Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies printed for subscribers, of which this is copy #47. Samuel Aaron De Witt grew up in the East Side ghetto in New York City. De Witt was also a New York State Socialist Party Assemblyman and was one of five assemblymen expelled during the Red Scare of 1920 on the grounds that his membership in the Socialist Party constituted disloyalty to the United States. Signed presentation from De Witt on the limitation page: "For Wm. Blossom Emory, poet and prince of [illegible word], from S.A. De Witt 6/1/47." With Emroy's delightful, personal bookplate on the front pastedown. Very Good (covers little bowed). $100.00.
Price: $100.00