ANTHOLOGY OF MAGAZINE VERSE FOR 1915

New York: Gomme & Marshall, 1915. First edition. 296 pp. Brown cloth-backed boards, with paper labels, t.e.g. The first book appearances of many important poems: Wallace Stevens "Peter Quince at the Clavier" (Edelstein B5), Robert Frost "The Road Not Taken". "Death of the Hired Man" and "Birches", Sara Teasdale, Edward Arlington Robinson, James Weldon Johnson, .H. D., Vachel Lindsay, Amy Lowell, and many others. Braithwaite was an African-American living in Boston, his anthology would be published from 1913 until 1929. In this volume he reviews books of the year; reviewing Frost's first two books: "With Mr. Masters, Robert Frost has contributed the most valuable additions to American poetry of the year". A close to very good copy, spot on the front label, spine creased lengthwise with chips to the label. Lacking the scarce dustjacket.