DERBY DAY IN THE YUKON and Other Poems of the "Northland"

Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. "Shake, Pard! I'm mighty proud o' you! (I'm know'd as "Yukon Bill"); You blazed th' trail an' blazed it true; - Some o' my friends I see y' knew on old Che-cha-ko Hill; But say, old man, y' clean forgot my friend, "Swiftwater Bill........". Contains 19 poems, including "Derby Day in the Yukon"; "The Malamute"; "The Trail"; "The King of the Klondike", "Tale of the Che-Cha-Ko". The author was the librarian of North West Territories legislature, 1891-1898; and organized the Canadian Women's Press Club; sent to England on special immigration work, 1906; died in British Columbia; wrote under pseudonym Mary Markwell; also known as Yukon Bill, K. Simpson Hayes, and Catherine E. Simpson Hayes (University of Alberta). Other books written by author include PRAIRIE POT-POURRI (by Mary Markwell) (1895); "AWEEMA": AN INDIAN STORY OF A CHRISTMAS TRYST IN THE EARLY DAYS (by Mary Markwell) (1906); THE LEGEND OF THE WEST (1908). Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Black and white frontis illustration protected by tissue guard. Three other full page illustrations. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Jacket has a 0.75" x 2.0" inch piece missing at top of front panel, some paper loss at head/tail of spine, a quarter coin sized stain on spine and a couple of small tears around edges. Blue coverboards with black and white silhouette picture of wolves on front. Light wear to edges of boards. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 128 pp.