[Rarebooks] FS: Stevie Smith proof inscribed with large original ink and crayon drawing

[Charles Agvent]

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SMITH,  Stevie. MOTHER, WHAT IS MAN? POEMS AND DRAWINGS.
        (London):  Jonathan  Cape (1942). First Edition.  Uncorrected
        proof in  dark blue wraps. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author
        in pencil  to  her close friends, writer Olivia  Manning  and
        her husband,  BBC producer Reggie Smith: "To dear  Olivia/and
        Reggie/with  love  from/Stevie."  There   are  also  numerous
        pencil   corrections  by  the   author  throughout  the  text
        regarding  both  the  poems and the drawings. Pasted  to  the
        verso of  the  last page is a corrected typed  manuscript  of
        Smith's  poem  "Christmas," which is not listed in the  table
        of contents   but  which  was   eventually  included  in  the
        published  volume  of  this title. Also on the  verso  of  an
        unrelated  8-1/2"  x  11" letter stapled to the  inside  rear
        cover is  a large ORIGINAL DRAWING by Stevie Smith in ink and
        crayon.  Not  having a copy of the finished book, we  do  not
        know if  it  appears there, but it is highly likely  that  it
        does. Very Good and absolutely unique!               $3500.00

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