SOCIETY VERSE BY AMERICAN AUTHORS.
New York: Benjamin & Bell, 1887. First edition. Collection of poetry selected by Pierson. Dedicated to "Aunt Fanny" (pen name of Frances Elizabeth Barrow) and with about 1/4 of the poets being women -- Helen Gray Cone, Bessie Chandler, Margaret Eytinge, Louise Imogene Guiney, Minnie Gilmore, Ruth Hall, Gertrude Hall, Mrs. M. P. Handy, Sophie St. G. Lawrence, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mary E. Wilkins. 12mo gilt-stamped blue-green boards with cupid and book illustration on front; top edge gilt; 145 pages. Attractive bookplate on front pastedown otherwise very good to near fine with spine slightly dulled and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Scarce.
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