New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1916 Book. Illus. by John Sloan. Very Good +. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. x, 195 pp, tissue protected frontis, Canzoni; Songs of Wedlock. Second Edition, 1916. "Although popular for forty years as a poet, Thomas Augustine Daly (1871-1948) was a versatile writer, and he built an international reputation as an author, columnist, and lecturer. Canzoni, illustrated by acclaimed artist John Sloan, was published in 1906 when Daly was thirty-five. The book of poems, mainly in dialect, sold about fifty thousand copies in twelve editions. Daly divided the humorous and patriotic verses into Italian, Irish, and Negro dialect categories then added a final section of more serious love poems in standard English, a format he continued in several later volumes." Not Price Clipped. 3/4" chip along top edge spine dj with 1 1/4" triangle chip with 1/2" base to bottom edge fore-edge corner with closed tear, and age toned spine of same. Age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black half-cloth with paper-covered boards and black lettering to front board, and gilt lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000301
Title: Canzoni and Songs of Wedlock
Author: Daly, T. A
Illustrator: John Sloan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1916
Keywords: POETRY AMERICAN POETS DALY THOMAS AUGUSTINE (1871-1948) DIALECT VERSE CANZONI
Size: 8vo

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Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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