Author: William Henry Drummond
Title: Phil-O-Rum&Apos;S Canoe and Madeleine Vercheres: Two Poems
Description: Toronto; London, The Musson Book Co, 1898 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first Canadian edition of this attractive volume of two poems by William Henry Drummond. The very scarce first Canadian edition of this work, published in the same year in the US.Illustrated with a frontispiece and three further plates by Frederick Simpson Coburn, with captioned tissue guards. Collated, complete.With a 1978 inscription to the front free endpaper, and the further inscription 'To Travers from Dawn' to a front blank.An early work in Drummond's career. In the publisher's original morocco binding with gilt detailing. A touch of rubbing to back strip tail otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper and following leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Frederick Simpson Coburn. Very Good .

Keywords: Phil-o-rum's Canoe and Madeleine Vercheres The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems William Henry Drummond The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems Frederick Simpson Coburn


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