This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...And the lily opened her green-and-blue. veined blossom, and discovered the pure whiteness of her heart. "Across the desert to the Red Hills," she told him, and he believed her, and, on the ninth morning after, he saw the hills, and they were heliotrope and salmon, and as the sun lifted, they were red, and when ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...And the lily opened her green-and-blue. veined blossom, and discovered the pure whiteness of her heart. "Across the desert to the Red Hills," she told him, and he believed her, and, on the ninth morning after, he saw the hills, and they were heliotrope and salmon, and as the sun lifted, they were red, and when the sun was in the top of the sky, they were blood scarlet. Then Many Swans lay and slept, for he did not wish to reach the hills at nightfall lest the people should take him for an enemy and kill him. In the morning, Many Swans got up and made haste forward to the hills, and soon he was among cornfields, and the rows of the cornfields were newly plowed and from them there came a sound of singing. Then Many Swans felt the fear come upon him because of the thing he loathed and yet carried, and he thought: "If it should kill these people!" The music of the song was so beautiful that he shed tears, but his fears overcame his longing, for already he loved these people who sang in cornfields at dawn. Many Swans hid in a tuft of mesquite-bushes and listened, and the words the people were singing were these, but the tune was like a sun wind in the tree-of-green-sticks: The white corn I am planting, The white seed of the white corn. The roots I am planting, The leaves I am planting, The ear of many seeds I am planting, All in one white seed. Be kind! Be kind! The blue corn I am planting. The blue ear of the good blue corn. I am planting tall rows of corn. The bluebirds will fly among my rows, The blackbirds will fly up and down my rows, The humming-birds will be there between my rows, Between the rows of blue corn I am planting. Beans I am planting. The pod of the bean is in the seed. I tie my beans with white lightning to bring the thunder, The...
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Very Good. First edition. Very good. Cover rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of Legends to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Mifflin.
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Very Good. First edition. Very good Book browned on spine. Rubbed at spine ends and cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of Legends to cart. $395.00, like new condition, Sold by Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Flemington, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Fine. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Signed. Presentation By Author Fine copy First Edition 1921/1921. Presentation Copy by Lowell Reference to Poem She Read. Dated in Year of Publication. Excellent Copy Two Book Plates.
Add this copy of Legends to cart. $437.50, very good condition, Sold by Charles Agvent, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fleetwood, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Red cloth-backed gray boards with a printed label on the front cover and on the spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the poet to writer and critic Waldo Frank and dated June 1921. Laid in is a sheet of paper, slightly larger than the text pages, on which is printed four paragraphs about LEGENDS including three quotes from critics, one of whom is Waldo Frank. This page appears to have been removed from another book, perhaps another title by Lowell. In any case it is a clear indication of the importance of the inscription.
