HARMONIUM by Stevens, Wallace - 1923

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition, First Printing, First State Binding. Hardcover. Octavo, 140 pages. In Very Good minus condition, and lacking rare dust jacket. Bound in quarter blue cloth and checkered paper boards with red lettering on paper spine label. Top edge of text block dyed red. Age toning to boards and spine label. Rubbing along edges. Bookplate to front pastedown and previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Light age toning and scattered foxing throughout interior pages. Small pencil annotations to contents pages. Shelved in Case 0. Harmonium was Stevens' first collection of poetry to be published. Though the first edition initially only sold one hundred copies, it received critical acclaim in the following years. One of five hundred copies of the first state binding with checkered pattern of red, blue, yellow, and white on boards. Bound in August 1923 and published in September 1923. Edelstein, A i.a. 1374289. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.