Typed Poem, Signed, May 8, 1948, from Zachary Cope ("Uncle Vincent") to Elsa Clyne.

COPE, Zachary

Verlag: 1948

Beschreibung

1 page. Very Good. 20 Rosecroft Avenue. Hampstead. N.W.3., May 8th 1948/ My dear Elsa/ Think not because I send to you this book/ (Which has, I fear, a definite new look )/ That I consider you may truly need/ The contents (rather technical) to read;/ No, but I thought it right to celebrate/ The tenth of May, that ever blessed date/ On which you turn that bright revealing page/ Which chronicles your very modest age,/ By giving you a book in which your cousin/ Is one of many authors just a dozen,/ And wishing you this is my chief concern-/ Many a happy and a sweet return./ If by a chance unfortunate I guess-/ A copy you already may possess,/ Return it not (Hard luck! One lives and learns)/ But pass it on but keep all my returns./ Uncle Vincent (signed). Elsa Clyne was the daughter of Rudolphe Clyne and Agatha Cope, who was the sister of Zachary Cope. Zachary Cope's full name was Vincent Zachary Cope, hence "Uncle Vincent". Zachary Cope's skill at rhyming, humorous poetry, is abundantly revealed in his book "The Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen in Rhyme", of which there were five editions from 1947-1972. It was a takeoff on Cope's most famous and celebrated book, "The Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen", of which there were 14 editions from 1921-1972. NOTE: At the time of the listing of this poem by Cope, I can supply a first edition of each of these books by Cope. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 16792

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Typed Poem, Signed, May 8, 1948, from ...

Verlag: 1948

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)