Sandalwood and Jade: Poems of the Exotic and the Strange 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.
The collection consists of thirty poems, illustrated and with a foreword by the author.
Contents
"Foreword"
"Contents"
"Couplet"
"Pirate Gold"
"The Star-Gazer"
"The Night Kings"
"Mars" (from Spaceteer #2, Mar./Apr. 1948)
"The Arabian Nights"
"Beyond the Gates of Dream"
"The Wizard Isle" (from Challenge #1, Sum. 1950)
"Of the Princess Liv-Shang"
"The Gods Looked Down"
"The Lotus-Eater" (from The Fanscient #12, Sum. 1950)
"The Splendor in a Dream"
"The Fantast" (from Gorgon v.2, no.3, Mar. 1949)
"To Lord Dunsany"
"Pan" (from Dream Quest #6, Jul. 1948)
"Shard" (from Loki #1, Spr. 1948, and Palmetto and Pine Literary Supplement #1, 1947)
"Walker on the Wind" (from The St. Petersburg Times, Apr. 1948)
"Nightwind" (from Triton #4, 1949)
"When Solomon Was King"
"The Jungle-Song"
"Babylon"
"The Song of Laine the Dreamer" (from Scientififantasy, 1949)
"Kooribaal" (from Scientifantasy #4, Sum. 1949)
"To a Chinese Maiden"
"The Book of Djinns"
"Once in Fabled Grandeur"
"Wanderlust"
"In an Oriental Twilight"
"Song of the Sorcerer" (from Challenge #2, Fall 1950)
"The Golden City" (from Loki #1, Spr. 1948, and Palmetto and Pine Literary Supplement #2, 1948)
"A Publishing History"
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]
