The Lost Son and Other Poems by Theodore Roethke. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1948. Signed in green ink, "Theodore Roethke" on the blank page opposite the title page. Stated "FIRST EDITION". Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine is slightly sun-faded. Moderate cover wear. Previous owner book plate inside the front cover. It looks like there is a streak of clear glue on the front end paper. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FB15b