{"product_id":"to-2026-093","title":"Strange Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTERLING, George.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrange Waters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION,\u003c\/strong\u003e limited to 150 copies. [San Francisco]: privately printed, [1926].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis copy carries several corrections to the text in what appears to be George Sterling's own hand. 12mo. [iv], 10 pp. Text printed in brown ink on toned laid paper; heavy tan paper wrappers with a decorative lyre-and-roses device, three-hole stab-sewn with a brown silk tie. A near fine copy, with light foxing, slight darkening to the covers, and small owner initials to the upper rear cover. BAL 18827; Mattila A29.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA privately printed pamphlet from the last year of George Sterling's life, in a copy he appears to have gone over and corrected himself — a habit well attested in his privately printed and presentation copies. \u003cem\u003eStrange Waters\u003c\/em\u003e was privately printed in San Francisco in an edition of just 150 copies and advertised in the August 1926 issue of the \u003cem\u003eOverland Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e (Johnson, p. 38). Small private printings of this kind are the scarcest part of Sterling's bibliography — his major collections circulated widely, but a slim silk-tied pamphlet like this survives in far fewer hands. A copy bearing the poet's own manuscript corrections, from the final months of his life, is uncommon and of real documentary interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU\u003c\/strong\u003e TO-2026-093\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sterling, George","offers":[{"title":"Near Fine","offer_id":46459953905825,"sku":"TO-2026-093","price":385.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7001\/0785\/files\/TO-2026-093_01.jpg?v=1784609889","url":"https:\/\/twoorangesbooks.com\/products\/to-2026-093","provider":"Two Oranges Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}