This vibrant collection of poetry showcases the talents of George Sterling, one of America's most celebrated poets of the early 20th century. With its rich imagery and intricately crafted verse, The House of Orchids is a stunning tour de force. From pensive reflections on love and loss to rhapsodic celebrations of nature, this collection offers something for every reader of poetry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This ...
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This vibrant collection of poetry showcases the talents of George Sterling, one of America's most celebrated poets of the early 20th century. With its rich imagery and intricately crafted verse, The House of Orchids is a stunning tour de force. From pensive reflections on love and loss to rhapsodic celebrations of nature, this collection offers something for every reader of poetry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Good. First issue (Johnson p. 9); Inscribed by Sterling broadly on front endpaper, "For Miss Anna Holden with happy memories, George Sterling, San Francisco, Aug. 7th, 1919." 140 pp.; 8vo; purple cloth with ornamental design in silver, spine lettered in silver. Spine cloth a little rubbed and toned; endpapers and front pastedown browned; offset browning to pages 66 & 67 as from newspring once laid in. George Sterling (1869-1926), born in Sag Harbor, N.Y., Puritan stock pegged for the priesthood, fell for poetry in school, washed up in Oakland with a sinecure in his uncle's real estate office. Still smitten by verse, he met Ambrose Bierce, among other literary lights, who became his mentor. And so the bohemian life everafter in The Grove, at Carmel, and his Cool, Grey City of Love, in a romantic pursuit of the visionary and the mystical, mainly in sonnets. House of Orchids was his third book of poetry,