Sandalwood and Jade

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Sandalwood and Jade
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Author Lin Carter
Illustrator Lin Carter
Cover artist Lin Carter
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre poetry
PublisherThe Sign of the Centaur
Publication date
1951
Media typePrint
Pages24
OCLC 52064646
Followed by Galleon of Dream  

Sandalwood and Jade: Poems of the Exotic and the Stranges is a poetry collection written and illustrated by Lin Carter. The book was released in paperback by The Sign of the Centaur in 1951. [1] in a limited edition of 100 copies.

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Background

Carter lists his inspirations as Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Oscar Wilde, Li Po, Tu Fu, Po Chu-I, Hafiz, Omar Khayyam, Chaures, Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe, and Don Blanding. [2]

Summary

The collection consists of thirty poems, illustrated and with a foreword by the author.

Contents

Recognition

"Walker on the Wind" was the winner of the '48 Elizabeth Buchtenkirk Award. "Nightwind" and "The Golden City" were winners of 1948 St. Petersburg Poetry League Awards. [3]

Notes

  1. Sandalwood and Jade: Poems of the Exotic and the Strange title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. Carter, Lin. Sandalwood and Jade, 1951, p. 2.
  3. Carter, Lin. Sandalwood and Jade, 1951, p. 24.

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