cruiser tribute poems de clark richard stanley (1 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY CLARK as follows: "For Rememberence (sic)/ And with Every Good/ Wish to a Wonderful/ little Lady./ Mrs. Minnie Helms/ Richard Stanley Clark 1949." Laid in are several items relating to the author: two post cards sent to Minnie Helms, including one signed by Clark; a 3" x 5" b/w photo of Clark dated August, 1949; a news clipping dated 11-30-50 reporting Clark's death at the Aztec Hotel in Monrovia, CA. Clark lived in Monrovia and was in the Navy during WW II. According to the dust jacket flap, "These are not war poems. The title poem does concern itself with the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent naval events, but beyond that the book shows how a man of the sea returns home and rebuilds his life." 12mo. [10]11-48p. Blue cloth with black letters. Just touches of wear to extremities, spine ever so slightly faded, else near fine with no internal markings. Jacket is slightly darkened at the spine and around the edges, else very good and better. Richard Stanley Clark was stationed at Pearl Harbor at the time it was attacked. After participating in many phases of the war, he contracted a lung complication while serving in the Admiralty Islands and received a medical discharge. The poems in this volume are not war poems. The title poem does concern itself with the attack on Pearly Harbor and subsequent naval events, but beyond that the book shows how a man of the sea returns home and rebuilds his life. The dust jacket design is taken from on of Clark's charcoal sketches. [from the dust jacket]. Inscribed by Author(s).