Merritt, Abraham; Ament, Robert Selfe; Flagg, James Montgomery; Markham, Edwin; Norris, Frank L.; Smith, Dan; Roth, Herb; Euwer, Anthony H.; Gilberte, Hallett; Swinnerton, James; Dunham, Curtis; et al).
Pleiades Club Year Book. (Year Seventeen).
New York: The Pleiades Club, (1911). (1911). New York: The Pleiades Club, (1911). (1911). Very good. - Octavo, 7 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in decoratively veined brown leather titled with a device in gilt on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed and scuffed and the head of the spine is slightly chipped. 140 pages printed in 2 colors, with a decorative title page, head pieces and initial letters printed in orange, and profuse textual and full-page illustrations, including a frontispiece by Robert Selfe Ament, and works by James Montgomery Flagg, Dan Smith, Anthony H. Euwer, Herb Roth, and James Swinnerton, among others. The top corner of the first few leaves is lightly creased or bumped. Very good. Number 449 of a limited De Luxe edition of 500 numbered copies. Includes a poem by the fantasy writer Abraham Merritt titled "Old Trinity Churchyard 5 a.m. Spring (Cats! That's All!)" with an illustration by George Kerr, Edwin Markham's poem "The Face", Frank L. Norris' poem "A Paradox", Anthony H. Euwer's "The Gargoyles & the Drulehide" illustrated by the author and spanning pages 14 through 19, Hallett Gilberte's song "Lilacs" with music, and Curtis Dunham's poem "Ballade of a Cat and a Bird of a Hat" illustrated by George Kerr and spanning from pages 53 through 56. Very good .

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Keywords: LITERATURE; ILLUSTRATED; PLEIADES CLUB YEAR BOOK: YEAR SEVENTEEN; LITERARY SOCIETY; ROBERT SELFIE AMENT; ABRAHAM MERRITT; FANTASY AUTHOR; POETRY; POEMS; JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG; EDWIN MARKHAM; THE FACE; FRANK L. NORRIS; A PARADOX; DAN SMITH; HERB ROTH; ANT