GILDER, Richard Watson

Lyrics and Other Poems... I. Lyrics and Hymns. II. Ballads. III. Sonnets. IV. Odes and Meditative Poems. V. The New Day

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. First Edition. Octavo (18cm). Publisher's navy blue cloth, decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; xii,[1]-251pp. A fresh, clean copy, Very Good or better, with gilt cover elements particularly bright. Contemporary ownership inscription ("Anne Francis Bayard") to front free endpaper, dated February, 1886.

Gilder's third published collection, but "essentially a reprint of The New Day, 1876; and, The Poet and His Master, 1878; with fifty six added poems" - BAL 6543. Gilder was by this time editor of The Century Magazine, a position he held from 1881 until his death in 1909.

Price: $125.00

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