The Star-Treader and Other Poems Clark Ashton Smith Literature & Poetry

8vo. 99, [1] pp. Some pages unopened. Title page printed in red and black. Tan paper covered boards with gilt illustration and lettering; in like dust jacket. Minor wear to extremities, occasional foxing, else near fine; in fine dust jacket; overall an exceptionally fine copy. The first published poetry collection of 55 poems by Clark Ashton Smith (1893 1961) the California poet, artist, and later fantasy writer often grouped with H. P. Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany. Written when Smith was only 19 years old. Clark Ashton Smith was part of the California "Bohemian" literary circle centered in Carmel and San Francisco, alongside George Sterling, Ambrose Bierce, Mary Austin, Jack London, James Hopper and Nora May French. Smith became Sterling's protege and Sterling helped him publish "The Star-Treader"