[Asgard Press] Verses

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Sewall, Margaret. Verses. Galesburg, IL: Asgard Press, 1905. Printed on Strathmore paper. Paper wrappers with orange-brown lettering and decoration. Measures approx. 6.25" x 7.25". Some wear and rubbing to covers, splitting at spine. Crane C7B. A single holding in OCLC at the University of Virginia. The Asgard Press is most well known as the press of Carl Sandburg's first works. "In about 1903, [Philip Green] Wright installed a small handpress in the basement of his house and established the Asgard Press. Philip Wright, his wife, and their three sons operated the press, taking books through all processes from typesetting to binding. ... Professor Wright was the first to recognize the potential of [Carl] Sandburg's early experimental writing and, even at the time, spoke of the younger man's 'genius'" (Crane). Show more