David Warren Ryder Collection of George Sterling and Clark Ashton Smith

Résumé du livre

Contains handwritten, typescript, correspondence, prose, and poems by George Sterling and Clark Ashton Smith sent to David Warren Ryder. George Sterling materials include two copies of a three page prose piece, handwritten and typescript, about Robinson Jeffers, titled, "A Tower by the Sea" and a short poem, "The Kiss." Smith materials include three typescript poems, "Desert Dweller," "Interim," "Lamia," and two handwritten letters, all signed by Smith. Includes a typescript mimeo (22 p.) of an article about Sterling originally written by Smith, compiled and edited at a later date (circa 1966) by his wife, Carol Smith. Ryder materials include a handwritten letter from Smith with Ryder's typewritten reply, correspondence with Claire P. Beck, owner of The Futile Press, concerning the use of one of his poems, and a photocopy of a Ryder column (1 p.) from the magazine "Controversy" (December 7, 1934) eulogizing Clark Ashton Smith titled, "The Price of Poetry."