“SURE ON THIS SHINING NIGHT I WEEP FOR WONDER”
AGEE, James. Permit Me Voyage. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. Tall octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket; pp. 59. $850.
First edition of Agee’s first book of poems, issued as part of the Yale Series of Younger Poets.
"Agee's poetry is heavily influenced by Shakespeare and many 17th-century British poets; his formal poems frequently engage death and religious faith" (Poetry Foundation). "What is always presented in the first work of any true artist is not an accomplishment but an instrument. The instrument which has been exercised in the making of these poems is one which is capable of enduring work" (Archibald MacLeish, from the Foreword).
Book near-fine with two tiny holes to rear joint, very slight dampstaining to base of spine and boards; dust jacket near-fine with shallow chipping to spine ends and upper edge of front panel.