[Rarebooks] FS: Provincetown lit mag, signed by Harry Kemp
Bob Petrilla
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Sat Apr 15 09:52:00 EDT 2017
Massachusetts, Provincetown / Harry Kemp. PROVINCETOWN TIDEWAYS: A
Miscellany, Volume 1, Number 2 [signed]. Provincetown, MA: Provincetown
Publishers, (1947). First Edition. 64pp. This issue is devoted mainly to
Harry Kemp's reminiscences, "Poet's Pilgrimage." Also present are: Come to
Provincetown (2pp); a poem by Donald Walters (1p); a poem by Jack Sprague
(2pp); 8pp promoting Provincetown and the local real estate. Bound in
textured tan wrappers, printed in black and green. 8.25" x 6" Very Good
conditionl
Signed boldly on the title-page by Harry Kemp (1993-1960), poet and tramp,
who favored Greenwich Village and the sand dunes of outer Cape Cod where he
lived in a shack for some 40 years. For his signature, he liked to use
black ink and a seagull feather, as evidenced here. $200.00
Postpaid in US. Uusual trade terms.
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