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Very scarce signed, and a lovely book to find so.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forked Road Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43534944436364,"sku":"","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4355\/8540\/files\/IMG_0055.jpg?v=1731460833"},{"product_id":"muriel-rukeyser-waterlily-fire-signed","title":"Muriel Rukeyser - Waterlily Fire - Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eMuriel Rukeyser, \"Waterlily Fire: Poems 1935-1962,\" Macmillan, 1962. First edition, first printing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eSigned, \u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003einscribed and dated on the front endpaper by Rukeyser. 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Scarce in the first printing state. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forked Road Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43722942283916,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4355\/8540\/files\/IMG_3202.jpg?v=1736369439"},{"product_id":"claude-mckay-selected-poems","title":"Claude McKay - Selected Poems - First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eClaude McKay, \"Selected Poems,\" Bookman Associates Inc., 1953. First edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA near fine book with a few faint spots on boards, in a very good jacket that suffers some surface rubbing, minor wear at extremities with a tiny tear or two. Now housed in Brodart cover. 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