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Path Flower and Other Verses
by Dargan, Olive Tilford
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. SCARCE, especially with dust jacket. American poet and author Olive Tilford Dargan (1869 - 1968) from the South was known for her dramatic and lyric poetry on nature. This collection was her first that focused on the mountains and the beauty of nature. Her later work (mostly novels) took a feminist view on politics, activism, and romanticism. She also wrote fiction under the pseudonym Fielding Burke.
Original vellum backed and gray paper boards with gilt title to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and corners. Minor browning to paste downs and end pages. Else is clean and bright. Many pages are unopened. Grey dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Dust jacket missing pieces at the head and foot of the spine and along the top edge of the front panel. Minor browning to edges of dust jacket. "Scribners" at the foot of the spine. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, Edinburgh. 119 pages. POE/110316.
Original vellum backed and gray paper boards with gilt title to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and corners. Minor browning to paste downs and end pages. Else is clean and bright. Many pages are unopened. Grey dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Dust jacket missing pieces at the head and foot of the spine and along the top edge of the front panel. Minor browning to edges of dust jacket. "Scribners" at the foot of the spine. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, Edinburgh. 119 pages. POE/110316.
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- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30031
- Title
- Path Flower and Other Verses
- Author
- Dargan, Olive Tilford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1914
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The Kelmscott Bookshop
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Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
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- Spine
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- Unopened
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- New
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- Vellum
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- Edges
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