[Rarebooks] FS: Archibald MacLeish EINSTEIN, Black Sun Press, 1929, #32 of 50 SIGNED

[Charles Agvent]

MacLEISH, Archibald. EINSTEIN. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First 
Edition. Quarto (9-/8" x 11-1/2") in stiff white printed wrappers 
printed in red and black in glassine dustwrapper and original gold foil 
slipcase, housed in a modern cloth clamshell box with a printed morocco 
spine label. Frontispiece portrait of MacLeish by Paul Emile Becat. Copy 
#32 of 50 copies (of a total edition of 100) on Japan vellum. Though not 
called for, this copy is SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page. Fine 
in glassine in a Good example of the fragile slipcase, missing one edge 
and with some fraying, in a Fine clamshell box.

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. (#019982)        $1,250

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