Books Tell You Why, Inc.

First edition in Good+ condition in original decorated cloth with mended front joint, chipped upper and lower spine, bookseller's foil stamp on first leaf verso, lightly foxed throughout, and gift inscriptions to front flyleaf. [i-viii] ix [x] xi-xii, [2], [15] 16-139 [140], [4] pages.

Contains a poem on the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown; the graduation poem for class of 1858, William and Mary; a poem on Cuba; 12 others, miscellany. Virginia State Catalog 8752. Scarce; 12mo; GinsID1937; A COLLECTION OF POEMS... Richmond, Va, Morris, 1859. 139pp. Original decorated 12 mo cloth, front joint worn, chipped at top of sine. First edition. Contains a poem on the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown; graduation poem for class of 1858 at William and Mary, and 13 misc. poems, one of which is on Cuba. Virginia State Catalog 8752; OP:150.

Price: $140.00