These Chesapeake Men
North Montpelier, Vermont: Driftwind Press. Jack Lewis. 2nd Printing. 8vo. Near Fine. Item #17460
A beautiful 2nd printing of Byron's first book of poetry, with tipped-in pastedown illustrations by Delaware artist Jack Lewis.
This edition comes with two items laid in, one a printing of the 1944 poem, "Baccalaureate', and the other a copy of the Poem, "Once Upon an Anniversary", signed and inscribed by Byron. The poem was written to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the town of Lewes Delaware, where Byron taught as a young man.
Byron was known as 'The Chesapeake Thoreau' and the 'Voice of the Chesapeake'. His eloquent poetry and prose captured perfectly the romantic, often difficult and sometimes perilous existence of the nearly extinct Chesapeake Bay waterman of the early 20th century.
Near Fine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for a 1943 previous owner signature to front pastedown. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine and upper board titled in silver foil, green endpapers, light green top edge. Lacking jacket.
Gilbert Byron's first book, with lovely tipped-in color illustrations by Delaware artist Jack Lewis, a frequent collaborator of Byron's. Here are the people, the wildlife and the everyday trials and tribulations of a time long gone on Maryland's Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, captured in verse by the region's answer to Thoreau.
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