[Rarebooks] FS: Superb Sherwood Anderson Association Copy of MID-AMERICAN CHANTS, 1918

[Charles Agvent]

ANDERSON, Sherwood. MID-AMERICAN CHANTS. New York & London: John Lane, 
1918. First Edition. Anderson's third book and first book of poetry, 
this copy a superb Association copy INSCRIBED simply "Miss Marietta 
Finley" and SIGNED "Sherwood Anderson" in green ink on the front 
endpaper. Anderson met unmarried, 24-year old "Babs" Finley at the Art. 
Institute of Chicago in the autumn of 1914. They were devoted friends 
and likely lovers. His correspondence of over 300 letters to her by 
Anderson was published in the book LETTERS TO BAB: SHERWOOD ANDERSON TO 
MARIETTA D. FINLEY, 1916-33. Only two letters from her apparently have 
survived, but it seems that Finley had hoped, early on, for marriage but 
settled for a friendship that sometimes bordered on abusive. "The world 
has pretty muddy feet Bab," Anderson wrote to her in 1930. "It doesn't 
leave a man's house very nice." Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. 
(#020260)        $1,000

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