Elinor Wylie — Angels and Earthly Creatures

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A delightful limited copy first edition of this collection of poems, with a monochrome frontispiece portrait of the author. An uncommon limited copy of the first edition printed on Oland (Swedish) hand made paper.Number 178/200.Monochrome portrait frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the original dust wrapper. This collection of poems by American poet and novelist Elinor Wylie was selected by her for the publication a day prior to her death.Wylie, born and raised to perform the life of a debutante and a society wife, rebelled against expectations and became notorious for her multiple marriages and affairs.Since the 1980's, her work has experienced a revival amongst feminist critics. In the original cloth binding. In the original dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Dust wrapper is edge worn with the odd mark to the wrap. Small chipping to the head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.