Antique Poetry Books
Item Details
An assortment of clothbound hardcover books. This collection includes the vest-pocket-sized poetry anthology Favorite Odes and Poems of Collins, Dryden and Marvell (Boston: James B. Osgood and Company, 1877), as well as the pocket-sized volume Daily Food for Christians; Being a Promise, and Another Scriptural Portion, for Every Day in the Year: Together with the Verse of a Hymn (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., c. 1905) and the Longfellow Birthday Book: A Birthday Record for Every Day in the Year (New York: Cupples and Leon, 1929). The other titles in this collection are In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields: 1850), Saint Gregory’s Guest and Recent Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886) and The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (New York: The American News Company, c. 1877–1909).
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Number of Books | 6 |
Condition
- to fair; loose bindings and hinges; writing; corner and edge wear; cap and tail damage and torn pages to Scott book; varying degrees of general wear throughout.
Dimensions
- measures largest.
Item #
17BOS142-137
