Sight of the Marsh Hawk
Easton, Md: Unicorn Bookshop, 1985. 1st Edition. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #19258
A lovely 1st Limited Edition copy of this scarce Poetry work by the Chesapeake Thoreau, with a page from his typed manuscript tipped in, and signed by the author and the illustrator.
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 to mid 20th century.
This 1st Edition is just one of 96 copies signed and numbered by the author with an original page from Byron's manuscript tipped, this being the second to last verse beginning with the line "This quiet cold night...". Byron has signed the piece on a special limitations page as has the illustrator, Marianne Whitcomb.
Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth over boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket with mild edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar.
Here are the people, the wildlife and the everyday trials and tribulations of a time long gone on Maryland's Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, captured in verse by the region's answer to Thoreau.
Price: $250.00