Roslyn by Lewisohn, James - 1975

Portland, ME: Casco Printing Co., 1975 One of 1,000 copies. Book clean and tight. Dust jacket lightly soiled with a small pink stain on front (probably a water mark from the red cloth cover that bled through the jacket).

Portland, Maine: Casco Printing Co.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Written in Maine State Prison by the husband of Roslyn who murdered her. Yellowing to dust jacket and light chipping to edges. ; 8vo; 91 pages .

Portland, ME: Casco Ptg Co. G in G DJ ex-library. 1975. Limited ed. Written in Maine State Prison by husband of now dead Roslyn. He was imprisoned for her murder. . Nice snow scene by Michael Wilis ft cover of DJ. Lewisohn, born in Paris, France in 1933, son of opera star Thelma Spear & expatrate novelist Ludwig Lewisohn. Spent an unhappy childhood in streets of NYC & some time in reform school & foster homes. BA from Brandeis where he met & married Roslyn Shapiro. MA Jewish Techological Seminary of America. Lewisohn worked as a cab driver, dishwasher, bartender & cook, then editor of the Columbia Encyclopedia, teacher of disturbed children, PR writer, newspaper poetry editor & tenured professor of English at Univ. Of Maine in Portland. In 1974 she died & he received life in prison for her murder. Library markings. .

Portland, ME: The Casco Printing Company, 1975. An excellent copy. Not ex-library. Clean and bright. Limited to 1000 copies. Poems written in prison by Lewisohn to his wife Roslyn whom he murdered and about his life and circumstance. 91pp. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Portland, ME: Casco Ptg Co. VG in VG DJ. 1975. Limited ed. Written in Maine State Prison by husband of now dead Roslyn. He was imprisoned for her murder. Smudge & chip back top of DJ. . Nice snow scene by Michael Wilis ft cover of DJ. Lewisohn, born in Paris, France in 1933, son of opera star Thelma Spear & expatirate novelist Ludwig Lewisohn. Spent an unhappy childhood in streets of NYC & some time in reform school & foster homes. BA from Brandeis where he met & married Roslyn Shapiro. MA Jewish Techological Seminary of America. Lewisohn worked as a cab driver, dishwasher, bartender & cook, then editor of the Columbia Encyclopedia, teacher of disturbed children, PR writer, newspaper poetry editor & tenured professor of English at Univ. Of Maine in Portland. In 1974 she died & he received life in prison for her murder. .

James Lewisohn Trust, 1975. First edition. Fine and bright red boards with gilt lettering in near fine illustrated dustjacket with light use and with clean bright text throughout. James and Roslyn Lewisohn were married 19 years, raised four children and spent their last ten years living in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. In 1974, tragedy struck their home resulting in the death of Roslyn and Jim's life imprisonment for murder in Maine State Prison. This book is the story of their lives.