First printing of this early 20th-century collection of charming poems for children, with lush illustrations by Gertrude Kay.
Very good plus.
Price: $125.00
"Bridge, across the river twisty, / From our housetop far away, / When I saw you, faint and misty, / Like a spider-web of gray."
Gertrude Kay studied under Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia – her stylish use of flowing colors situates her squarely in the Golden Age tradition. Meanwhile, the tipped-in poem about WWI signals the beginning of the end of this period of cultural innocence.
New York: The Century Co, 1914. 9.5'' x 7.25''. Original green cloth binding with color pictorial onlay. Pictorial title page with black-and-white frontispiece, illustrated in black and white throughout. 148 pages. Large newspaper clipping of a WWI poem by Edgar A. Guest Tipped onto front pastedown. Binding with mild edgewear, a couple tiny spots of soil. Spine cracked to one or two openings. Clean and bright.
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