Poems / by Bliss Carman. Complete in 2 volumes
1905, Limited Deluxe Edition. Boston : L. C. Page & company. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked leather-labelled plain boards. Raised band with gilt title onlay. Limited edition, numbered and signed by the author. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: bookplate of Clara C. Morse. Item #408124
Physical description; 2 vol. frontispiece (vol.1, portrait with tissue guard) ; 30cm. Contents; vol. 1. Low tide on Grand Pré. Behind the arras. Lyrics from an old play. Ballads of lost haven. Memorabilia. Songs of the sea children. vol. 2. The green book of the bards. In a grand pré garden. A winter holiday. Valentines. The book of Pierrot. The pipes of Pan. The word at St. Kavin's. Ode on the coronation of King Edward. A vision of Sappho. Notes; Titles and initials in red. "Of this edition of the complete collected poems of Bliss Carman five hundred copies have been printed, of which three hundred and fifty copies are for sale in the United States of America and one hundred and fifty copies for sale in Great Britain and Ireland. This copy is no. 2." Signed by the author. Subjects; Canadian poetry. Poems. Canadian Poet Laureate.
Price: €425.00