ROOT, E. Merrill

Lost Eden

New York: The Unicorn Press, 1927. Cloth-backed boards, paper label. 125 p. 1st ed. SIGNED. Fine in somewhat worn d. w. with some chipping at top edge and with front flap clipped at bottom. [27079]

Volume of poems, some of which appeared in the "New Masses," "The Modern Quarterly" and the "Workers' Daily." Titles include "War," "Il Duce," "Suicide: Out of a Job," "R.O.T.C.," "Amendment to the Lord's Prayer," etc. Root in later life moved from the Left to the extreme Right, becoming a spokesman for groups such as the John Birch Society.

Price: $45.00