{"product_id":"to-2026-022","title":"The Caged-Eagle and Other Poems (INSCRIBED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTERLING, George.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Caged-Eagle and Other Poems.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION — INSCRIBED BY STERLING TO CHARLES W. DUNCAN, WITH AUTHOR'S INK CORRECTIONS.\u003c\/strong\u003e San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1916.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInscribed by Sterling on the front pastedown: \"Dear Charlie: The caged eagles now are the gold ones. Damn the Kaiser! Ferociously yours, George Sterling. San Francisco, Nov. 15, 1919.\" The half-title further inscribed \"For Charlie W. Duncan.\" With three ink corrections in Sterling's hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo. 167, [1] pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; in the publisher's uncommon dust jacket. The collection gathers 83 poems in four parts, closing with a substantial section of poems \"On the Great War\" (pp. 117–168). Printed dedication to Raphael Weill, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. BAL 18767; Mattila A12. Fading to the spine; minor wear to spine ends; some fading to the gilt on the front cover; a short closed tear on p. 145; a 2½-inch triangular loss to the upper corner of the rear endpaper; else very good. The dust jacket is in unusually fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Sterling (1869–1926) was a central figure of the West Coast \"Bohemian\" literary movement of the early twentieth century. Among the most personal of Sterling's California-period collections, \u003cem\u003eThe Caged-Eagle\u003c\/em\u003e devotes nearly a third of its pages to the First World War. The 1919 inscription — three years after publication and a year after the Armistice — carries the same wartime feeling forward, with Sterling's \"Damn the Kaiser!\" The three author's ink corrections, the inscription and inscribed half-title, and the scarce dust jacket in unusually fine state make this a strong association copy of one of Sterling's wartime books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU\u003c\/strong\u003e TO-2026-022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sterling, George","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46459951218849,"sku":"TO-2026-022","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7001\/0785\/files\/TO-2026-022_01.jpg?v=1784613481","url":"https:\/\/twoorangesbooks.com\/products\/to-2026-022","provider":"Two Oranges Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}