RAE, Jess Campbell
Go Get Yourself A Bike
(n.p.), [Self-Published], 1944. A self-published poetry chapbook by Rae, who had an earlier title, Beach Magic, published by the Oregon firm Binfords & Mort, in 1941. This collection features 17 short poems, each rather charmingly illustrated by the author, and all on the varied joys of owning a bike (for uphill, for downhill, for shopping, for scenery, for company, for romance, for one's ego, for coping with wartime gas shortages, for just about everything but exercise). Signed by the author. Note that 1944 was a year of bicycling rationing in the U.S., so as to preserve raw materials for the war effort: one needed to apply to get a stripped down "Victory Bike." Near fine in stapled wrappers. Scarce, with one copy listed in OCLC.
[#036864]
$500
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