1896/1st ed/Eugene Field/Second Book of Verse

 

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York 1896

 

Hardcover: 260pp; 1st edition

 

Condition: ex-library; library bookplate dated November 1897; aqua cloth boards; gilt lettering on front cover and spine; slight wear at spine ends; top edges gilt; side and bottom edges deckle; blank front end paper loose; front and rear boards attached to spine cloth and separated from the text block; faint tanning of text block; no foxing;

 

This volume is in the original publisher’s cloth boards. Eugene Field as an American writer, best known for his children’s poetry and humorous essay. He was known as the “poet of childhood”.

 

Measures: 7 1/4” x 5” x 1”; weighs 14oz; $12 online

 

The book will be packaged securely and shipped within 1 business day of completion of sale. Shipping charges will be reduced with multiple purchases.