"THE BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY EVER WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN": SIGNED BY CARL SANDBURG
SANDBURG, Carl. Always the Young Strangers. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1953). Octavo, original blue cloth, paper spine label, uncut, original acetate dust jacket, original slipcase. $500.
Signed limited first edition, number 163 of 600 copies, of this autobiography of Sandburg’s early years, signed by him.
When this memoir of Sandburg's early years in Galesburg, Illinois appeared in January 1953, The Times called it "the best autobiography ever written by an American." The work covers only the first 20 years of Sandburg's life: "It is early. I shall yet be footloose." Heise 44.
Mild toning to slipcase. A fine signed copy.