Good Morning, America by Carl Sandburg, signed

Good Morning, America

Carl Sandburg 

Crosby Gaige 1928 

Limited first edition. Hardcover. No DJ. Red cloth cover with an art deco-esque design in gilt. Very good. The spine is subtly toned and has a minor wear on it extremeties. The boards are in nice shape with an even red color and the gilt designs on boards and spine are crisp and well intact. Interiors are clean and a few pages are still uncut. Free endpaper in the back indicates the book is one of a limited signed run of 811 books, this copy is #237. Comes with a small publisher-issued slip that restates the copy number. Signed by Sandburg on half-title page.  

This book is a rich collection of poems from celebrated and prolific American poet/biographer Carl Sandburg. Good Morning, America was written mid-career, between his first Pulitzer for poetry and second Pulitzer for his lengthy biography of Lincoln. This collection ranges from wispy and minimalistic to prosaic and full-bodied, often summoning up his midwestern roots. It is a beautifully designed book, with tiny illustrations in colored ink marking each new section.