AMERICAN VIGNETTES 1860-1865: POEMS OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR by Drinkwater, John - 1931

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine. 29.5 x 19 cm. Grey boards with blue cloth spine. Lacking slipcase. Limited to 385 copies signed by the author this being copy 274. Some uncut pages. Previous owner's bookplate and stamp on front fixed endpaper. Compilation of civil war poems.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. #365 of 385 copies signed by the author. NEAR-FINE (SLIGHT WEAR TO BOARDS, CLEAN, TIGHT INTERIOR. CARDBOARD SLIPCASE IS VERY GOOD WITH LIGHT EDGEWEAR. LABEL ON FRONT PANEL COMPLETEM SPINE LABEL HAS SMALL TEAR.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Signed by Author. Limited Numbered Edition. Size: 4to. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Copy number 367 of 385 signed by the author. This copy has the Rockwell Kent designed (1943) bookplate of Burns Gillam on the front paste-down. Blue gilt stamped cloth spine and gray gilt stamped paper over boards, pages unopened and uncut, 32 pages, eleven poems; "These poems are founded on incidents and characters of the American Civil War that have come to the author's knowledge by personal narrative or acquaintance." An extremely nice copy with just a touch of fading at spine ends. In original glassine dust jacket and slip case with paste-down label on one side and on spine. DJ is chipped and toned. Slipcase is rubbed and back strip detached but present. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2… Read More

Boston, 1931. hardcover. fine. Narrow 4to, cloth backed boards; boxed. Boston, 1931. Limited First Edition - One of 385 signed copies, printed at the Riverside Press. A fine copy.<br/> <br/> Poems of the American Civil War.<br/> <br/>

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. This edition consists of 385 numbered copies autographed by the author, of which this is number 373. [10], 32, [2] leaves. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's blue cloth-backed grey paper boards, lettered in gilt. Without glassine wrapper or slipcase. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. Inked gift inscription beneath limitation statement: 'and is for / Daisy Kennedy / with the author's / dear love / January 1931'. The first edition of poet and playwright John Drinkwater's (1882-1937) poems on the American Civil War. The present copy was inscribed by Drinkwater to his future wife, Australian-born concert violinist Daisy Kennedy (1893-1981). . First edition. Quarto.