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Edité par The Poets Press, 1941
Vendeur : Books Galore Missouri, Desoto, MO, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Cloth Bound B000WISP48. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Edité par The Woodson Press, Omaha, 1956
Vendeur : Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Etats-Unis
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Velvet covered stiff card. Etat : Good. Alice Troxell McCoun (illustrateur). Presumed First Edition, First printing. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. [14], 38, [8] pages. RARE. This is believed to be the true first edition. A subsequent edition was published in 1961 by the Big Mountain Press. Signed by the author at the bottom of the title page. Illustration. Alice Troxell McCoun did etching, painting, and illustration, which had such wide public appeal that her name became known far beyond her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. In a realist style, she depicted sentimental themes such as family life, nature, love of pets, and religious piety. Many of her images, often accompanied by verses, were especially popular with children. However, Alice, who lived to age 76, spent only the first half of her adult life as a dedicated artist and illustrator. In 1939, she won a gold medal for the best poem from Nebraska at the New York World's Fair, and in 1943, she wrote a collection of poems, which was published in England in 1943. Like much of her artwork, these had romanticized themes such as Arabesque, which was set to music in England and published in the Omaha World-Herald, January 3, 1943: "Just a gray little sparrow that hopped in the snow, First this way-then that way-the row upon row, He kept adding new marks as he covered the space, Till they made, altogether most beautiful lace, Now I wonder if we, with as unconscious ease, Can leave traces of love half as tender as these." Alice Troxell McCoun (1888-1964) was the second wife of Lester McCoun and stepmother to his children Leonard and Catherine by his first wife Margaret Daughtery McCoun. Alice has artwork and poems located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.