BURGESS, GELETT. Typescript signed of the 25-line poem "The Sun Dial," New York, apparently 13 May 1907, 1 page, 4to, 5 stanzas on Burgess's letterhead, with a 2-word revision, some editorial pencilled markings, wrinkled . With a copy of The Home, [San Francisco] November 1910, 8vo, original printed drab wrappers , containing the first appearance (?) of "The Sun Dial" -- Autograph manuscript of an essay on his taste in art, "The Gargoyle's Kiss," 6 pages, 8vo, in ink on lined sheets, a working draft with extensive revisions . "...I had and have a distinct joy in what might almost be called ugly -- at least in that grotesque art that approaches the side of the comic..." Together 3 items . (3)
BURGESS, GELETT. Typescript signed of the 25-line poem "The Sun Dial," New York, apparently 13 May 1907, 1 page, 4to, 5 stanzas on Burgess's letterhead, with a 2-word revision, some editorial pencilled markings, wrinkled . With a copy of The Home, [San Francisco] November 1910, 8vo, original printed drab wrappers , containing the first appearance (?) of "The Sun Dial" -- Autograph manuscript of an essay on his taste in art, "The Gargoyle's Kiss," 6 pages, 8vo, in ink on lined sheets, a working draft with extensive revisions . "...I had and have a distinct joy in what might almost be called ugly -- at least in that grotesque art that approaches the side of the comic..." Together 3 items . (3)
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