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This slim volume of 21 poems, signed by the author in a dedication, is in very good condition with blue cloth boards showing slight discoloration along the edges and spine, and minimal scuffing to the front corners. Darker blue lettering for the title and author on the front board and spine. The binding is sound, pages clean with no markings save the inscription/signature. A colored-card portrait titled "Helene" is pasted onto the frontispiece. The volume contains 24 poems. The Devinne Press colophon appears on the last page.

This bicycling manual is a second writing by the author, who added some 56 pages of updating to his original manual of 1879. The hardcover binding is black board, embossed to resemble leather, with gilt lettering on the front and spine. The front inscription--much larger than the title/author inscribed on the spine--heralds the manufacturer, Pope Mfg. Co. of Boston. Actually, Pope--a manufacturer of small labor-saving devices such as cigarette rollers--began with bicycles imported from England and expanded its production as the new conveyances became popular in America. Though the frontispiece states that the manual was "printed for the author," one wonders if perhaps Pope actually paid for it in exchange for the prominent advertisement on its front. Besides the separation of the spine cover from the front, the cover is in fair shape, with scuffing to the edges and corners. All pages are intact and firmly attached, without markings or inscriptions throughout. There are 24 unattributed illustrations,… Read More