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Hymen

H. D. [Hilda Doolittle]

Published New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1921

47pp.; 22.3 x 14.7 cm. Green paper wraps printed in green, gold and black.

H. D.’s second major collection of poetry after Sea Garden (1916). First edition, American issue from the English sheets. Ex-libris The Jones Library, Amherst Massachusetts, where it was filed under Aldington. Bookplate, crimp, and various other artefacts. Backed in tape to reinforce though does not appear necessary. A little loss from top of spine and back, otherwise a very good copy. Boughn A4a.ii.