Sandalwood and Jade

Sandalwood and Jade
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AuthorLin Carter
IllustratorLin Carter
Cover artistLin Carter
LanguageEnglish
Genrepoetry
PublisherThe Sign of the Centaur
Publication date
1951
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages24
OCLC52064646
Followed byGalleon of Dream 

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.

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.