[ROETHKE, Theodore] Edited by James K. Robinson and Walter B. Rideout

A College Book of Modern Verse [INSCRIBED by Roethke]

Evanston Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, (1958). Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xix, 570. Index. Olive colored cloth lettered in black and white.

Inscribed by Roethke from Halcyon Hosiptal, a private psychiatric and convalescent hospital operating in Seattle mid‑century, "For Mary Wilson, - /whom I trust and love (and my list of there is very short). / Theodore Roethke / Halcyon Hospital / 9289 -1st. N.E. / Seattle, Washington" Very Good. Item #12957

During Roethke's tenure at the University Washington he suffered numerous bipolar episodes forcing his friends and family to arrange a for him to be admitted to Halcyon House for stabilization. These stays were typically short (weeks, not months), and he often returned to teaching and his poetry with renewed energy —.

Price: $2,500.00