Smoke From This Altar
Oklahoma City: Lusk Publishing Company, 1939. First Edition [Stated at bottom of the title page]. 8vo., grey cloth lettered in black, spine blank, decorated title page, pp 62. Author's first book. -- The first photo does not show correct color of the cloth binding which is actually grey (see photos). See the second & third photos at the outer edges of the pastedown, that is very close to the correct color of the cloth. -- Dedicated to Singapore Charlie........ who couldn't read". -- Signed authorial inscription in ink on the first free endpaper to Sadie Ashford Tarnett. -- No notable defects. Near fine to fine condition. Item #10603
"Smoke from This Altar (1939) was L'Amour's first book, a collection of poems, in which he crystallized his wanderlust in 'Out of the ocean depths': "Out of the distance / that holds me enchanted, / Up from the green, / shifting violence below - / A voice from the twilight, / the bauty, the stillness, / A voice that comes calling / and calling to go. ..." The collection was only for sale in Oklahoma bookstores. Although it was not a commercial success, it received good reviews. "For he has the three things which it takes to make a writer: a love for words, industry, and something to say," wrote the Daily Oklahoma".-authorcalendar.info.
Price: $1,200.00