Dorothy Mantell [ed.]

Orphic, Spring, 1938 [Two Typescript Draft Poems laid in]

Bellingham, WA? Scribes Club, 1938. Very Good. Item #48294

Bellingham, WA?: Scribes Club, 1938. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's brown staplebound card wrappers printed mimeograph; [2],21pp.; text printed mimeograph from typescript. Textblock quite toned from inferior paper quality, else a Very Good and sound example.

A school poetry journal, possibly a continuation of "The Red Arrow," which was published by the Scribes Club of the Washington State Normal School in Bellingham for two issues in 1927 and 1928.

This copy has laid in the typescript drafts of two poems on four leaves of onionskin. The poem titled "Consecration" is dated 11/1/43 and has the manuscript note, "I sent this to People's World over a month ago with a return stamped envelope. They never even acknowledged it. H.W.W." Below this note is a small blue pencil addition, "Published in P.W." The second poem, "Madonna Prostitute," is dated 3/19/43 and signed simply "HW." Unfortunately, none of the contributors or members of the editorial staff at Orphic have these initials.

No copies of Orphic separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2026. Western Washington U. only for "The Red Arrow."

Price: $150.00