under the pines and other poems, archibald rutledge

Descrizione libro: The Eddy Press Corporation, Winchester, VA and New Yonk City, 1906. Hard Cover. Condizione libro: Fine. First Edition. book is signed " Wm L Ford from A. H. Rutledge Dec. 1906" book is green and has gilt elttering and a small design on the front cover.back of page 43 has a Laurel on it. This is the author's scarse first book. this volume was privately printed, and is scarce. Archibald Hamilton Rutledge 1883-1973 First Poet Laureate of South CarolinaThe AuthorArchibald Rutledge was born in McClellanville, S. C., where his people has a summer home, on October 23, 1883. He, however, spent most of his time, winter and summer on his family's ancestral plantation, eight miles from McClellanville. He is fond of saying with a smile, "My Mother had five sweet normal wholesome children; then I was born." His mother noticed his bent, and read to him a great deal. When only three years old, he announced that he had "made a poem:""I saw a litle rattlesnakeToo young to make his rattles shake."Since that time he has produced 25 volumes of poetry, and 45 of prose. He was educated by his Mother, and by Miss Annie Lucas, who had a plantation school near his home, "Hampton". He was graduated from the McClelanville High School; then as salutatorian from the Porter Academy in Charleston. In his senior year he received four gold medals for excellence in English and French.He won a Lorillard scholarship to Union College, in Schenectady, N. Y.He worked his way through college; and all this time he kept up his writing, publishing in several national magazines before he was 20 years old. Upon his graduation in 1904 as valedictorian, he went to teach English at the Mercersburg Academy, at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Here he was married, and here three sons were born to him.As a teacher of English he remained at the Academy for 33 years, retiring in 1937. He at once began the restoration of his plantation home, and the establishment of its gardens. This ancient colonial estate is yearly visited by thousands of people who love the Old South.During these years Rutledge was not idle with his pen; and books like "Life's Extras," "My Cournel and His Lady," "Rain on the Marsh," "Home by the River," "Brimming Tide," and many others came from him. Twenty-seven years ago the South Carolina Legislature officially established the office of Poet Laureate. Govenor Ibra Blackwood appointed Rutledge, who has held the office ever since.To this author have come many honors: more than 20 honorary degrees, more than 30 gold medals. His books have been published in England and on the Continent. In the Pulitzer Contest in poetry once he was second to Robert Frost, and once second to Edna Millay. When William Faulkner was given the Nobel Prize, the judges told Rutledge that he had lost by only one vote. He is a member of the American Poetry Society; the Neucomen Society; the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and many similar orgranizations. Believing in Macaulay's saying that "the first business of a writer is to make his meaning understood," Rutledge has a passion for clearness. He loves to communicate. He has been awarded the John Burroughs Medal for "the best nature writing in America."Of his poetry, perhaps the "Philadelphia Record" gives the best estimate: "Here is the unfeigned singing of a heart; here is poetry destined to endure." Rutledge, together with three other American poets, was lately called on by the Library of Congress to make tape recordings of 75 of his poems for the National Archives. This work has been done.More than 60 of his poems have been set to music; and many are found in anthologies and textbooks. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author. Codice libro della libreria 7608

Descrizione libro: 1906. Hard Cover. Condizione libro: BOOK NEAR FINE. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 43 pages. An extremely clean, attractive copy of Archibald Rutledge's elusive first book. Rarely seen for sale, this book is usually found in libraries and private collections. The title lettering is in gilt on the cover. The cover itself is in very nice condition and shows little wear. The interior is extremely clean and some of the pages are still unopened. The previous owner's name and date are on the front endpaper. Rutledge is author of dozens of books about hunting and is perhaps most well known as South Carolina's most beloved poet laureate. His former home, Hampton Plantation, is a state operated park and is open to the public. Rutledge's notable descendents to name only a couple include two former South Carolina governors (his grandfathers) and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. During his career he had conferred on him twenty honorary degrees and more than thirty medals for nature writing. His portrait hangs in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Dr. Rutledge continues to be one of the South's most beloved and respected authors. Codice libro della libreria 007404

Descrizione libro: Eddy Press, Winchester, VA / NY, 1906, 1906. 1st edition, Hard Cover, VG- light soil to back cover + corners of dark green cloth cover bumped; gilt lettering and decor on front cover; 43pp; text clean; light soil to front eps; note to previous owner, the Scottish-American poet, reads: "To James D Law with best wishes from The Author May 1906" on top of front ep; in the same handwriting at the bottom of the front ep: "And Faith stands sentry by the Shadowy Door. - The Western Way". Codice libro della libreria 95091

Descrizione libro: Privately published and printed by the Eddy Press,, Winchester, VA:, 1906. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed poem card laid in. Octavo. 44pp. A lovely First Edition copy of the Rutledge?s first book bound as issued in green cloth with title blocked in gold on the upper cover; very light shelfwear; some faint uneven fading on the front board; top and bottom edges trimmed, foredge left deckled; offsetting to the front endpapers from what appears to be old newspaper clippings, no longer present; evidence of light pencil markings that have been erased else this is a lovely copy of an exceedingly scarce book. A poem card, ?A Song of Hope,? signed by Rutledge is laid in. Digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good+ binding. Codice libro della libreria 252364