Lot Details
Lot 87
MARKHAM, EDWIN The Man with the Hoe.
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 30 March 1899. First book edition (preceded by newspaper publication, see additional item), with a signed quotation from the author tipped-in. Original stitched pamphlet laid-into its original printed jacket, the inner cover of which bears the tipped-in signed quotation, also with the printed portion of the original envelope in which the work was mailed, all housed in a blue morocco chemise and slipcase. 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (18 x 14 cm); 8 pp., printed in black and red, with an Art Nouveau style strapwork around the text. The pamphlet fine with only minor thumbsoiling, the jacket toned and with a tissue repair to fold, the chemise with the booklabels of Frank Hogan and Hannah D. Rabinowitz; Together with The Man with the Hoe as published in the San Francisco Sunday Examiner. San Francisco: W.R. Hearst, circa 15 January 1899. A four-page supplement to the newspaper devoted to the poem, printed in green and gold, 4 pp., housed in a blue morocco backed slipcase. 14 x 10 1/2 inches (36 x 27 cm). Toned and with small stains and minor edgewear.
A fine copy of the scarce and ephemeral first book form edition of Markham's poem, inspired by the French paintings of farmers by Jean-Francois Millet. The inscription from Markham, dated 1909, offers a quotation from the poem "Whose was the hand that slanted back this brow?/Whose breath blew out the light within this brain?"
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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