Author: Wallace Bruce Title: In Clover and Heather
Description: London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1891. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of this poetry collection from Wallace Bruce, dedicated to American businessman the Hon. Franklin Fairbanks. The second edition of this work, first published the year prior.Signed and with a presentation inscription to the half title, reading 'Hon. Franklin Fairbanks with the regards and esteem of the author, Wallace Brown. Edinburgh, August 21, 1893, "Lincoln Monument Day"&apos.Franklin Fairbanks was an important American businessman, natural scientist, and political figure.The date this author's inscription was written "Lincoln Monument Day", was the day on which a a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in Edinburgh, Scotland, to honour Scottish-American soldiers who fought in the American Civil War. A delightful collection of poems about both Scotland and America.With the bookplate of the Samuel Rossiter Betts Collection of Yale Poetry, at the Yale University Library, to the front pastedown. With four pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fine. Yale Library bookplate to front pastedown. Author's inscription to half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Franklin Fairbanks han. Franklin Fairbanks yale university library samuel rossiter betts han. Franklin Fairbanks None
Price: GBP 65.00 = appr. US$ 92.82 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 949F8
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