ROBERTS, Denys Kilham (ed.) with Lord Alfred Douglas, Walter de la Mare, Henry Coggswell Knight, Francis Scarfe, Bishop Corbet, Leveridge and Lynfey, David Gascoyne, et al. (contributors)

Straw in the Hair An Anthology of Nonsensical and Surrealist Verse

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, (1938). Victor Reinganum. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xvii, [2], 259, [1]. With some-15 illustrations throughout by Victor Reinganum. Index of first lines. Bound in bright yellow cloth with red lettering stamped on spine. Dust soiling to top edge; fore edge with a dampstain and a smudge. Endpapers with dampstains and offsetting. Cloth with light dampstains at edges; slightly cocked; some soiling. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows edge-wear, dampstains and an old tape repair to head of spine. Price of 7s 6d intact on front flap. Despite condition factors, the book remains well bound and presentable. Please see photos. Good / Good+. Item #6387

An impressive roster of poets, ranging from antiquity and public domain to Edward Lear (natch), Olver Herford, Edith Sitwell, Shakespeare, Ogden Nash, Don Marquis, Pablo Neruda, and many more.

Reinganum's typographical dust jacket design, mixing font styles, anticipates that post-WWII trend. However, his pithy drawings throughout the text are the real delight, art-deco gems that evoke Hirschfield. Or is it the other way around? Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Price: $60.00