CARL SANDBURG & SAINT PETER AT THE GATE.
J. Frank. Dobie
Austin: Encino Press, 1966. 41pp, Introduction by Bertha Dobie. Frontis portraits of Dobie & Sandburg. Photographs. Blue cloth over white paper boards with paper label on front cover. Publisher’s slipcase. First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. Near fine copy in a near fine slipcase. In 1935 Sandburg came to visit Dobie in Austin, these are the conversations between the two, the tale telling and Dobie’s impression of Carl Sandburg. Written shortly after the meeting, it is an insightful view into both of these important literary figures.