STEVENS, Wallace (1875-1955). The Necessary Angel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.

A presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of essays. Inscribed by the author: "For Sig / Wallace Stevens." Like Stevens, A.P. Sigmans of West Hartford, Conn., was also a longtime employee of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. Sigmans retired in 1965 after 44 years in the insurance business (32 of which were spent with the Hartford Group).

Octavo. Original green cloth (small stain to rear cover, grazing spine). Printed dust jacket (rubbing and edgewear with a little loss to extremities, stain to rear panel). Provenance: A. P. Sigmans (ownership inscription, authorial inscription).

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