Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, Limited, (1893).
Price: $250.00
Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Edited by J.E. Wetherell. Small octavo. 187pp. Thin boards covered in red suede with yapped edges stamped in gilt on the front cover, gilt topedge and original silk ribbon. Four-line blue ink owner name ("Archie Campbell") on half-title page. About fine with one interior page corner creased during production and subtle tiny stain on title page in a exceptionally bright and fresh binding. An anthology of Canadian poets (also published in wrappers and green boards), including an early contribution by Bliss Carman's career, with the first book appearance of a number of his poems [see *BAL* 2618; noting that these poems appeared previously in broadside format only], along with additional contributions by other Confederation Poets: Archibald Lampman, Duncan Campbell Scott, W.W. Campbell, Charles G.D. Roberts and others. An amazing like-new copy in the uncommon suede gift binding.
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