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Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931) The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems, Signed Presentation Copy to Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929). New York: Macmillan, 1917. First edition, octavo, inscribed on ffep, "To Miss Katharine Lee Bates with the heart's affection of Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, October 27, 1917, Springfield, Illinois; and I am remembering how much you helped me with Pocahontas and The Tiger Tree," with Bates's bookplate pasted inside the front board and a circular black morocco bookplate tooled in gilt with a post horn; bound in publisher's yellow cloth with pictorial stamping in blue and gilt on front board and spine, in good condition, 7 1/2 x 5 in.
Estimate $100-200
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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, Vachel, SpringfieldJohn Dorfman
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