[Rarebooks] FS: Archibald MacLeish's First Published Work: CLASS POEM 1915

[Charles Agvent]

[MACLEISH, Archibald]. CLASS POEM 1915. [New Haven]: [Yale University], 
1915. First Edition. Printed wraps, 5-1/2" x 6-15/16"; 4 pages with the 
title on the first page and the poem on the following three pages. First 
edition of the author’s first separately published work. About 600 
copies were printed and distributed to the Class Day audience at Yale 
University on 21 June 1915, and as one can imagine, many were soon 
discarded. Arthur Mizener in A CATALOGUE OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF 
ARCHIBALD MacLEISH (Yale University Library, 1938) states that copies he 
had seen were all cut down in order to fit into the class program. The 
only dimension he gives is 16.5 cm (6-1/2"), but alas he does not state 
if that is width or height. In any case this item, MacLeish's First 
Book, slim as it is, is extremely rare. Some wrinkling and brief tears. 
Very Good and scarce.

Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as 
Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he 
used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning 
three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES 
to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he 
entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of 
the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper. (#020330)        $2,500

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