Collected Verse of Robert Service
by Service, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, no d/j, green clothbound boards (some bumping spine edges), black spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unm
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn, 1948. New (revised). h/b. Very good, no d/j, green clothbound boards (some bumping spine edges), black spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked, slightly browned with age.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 Ð September 11, 1958) was a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called ""the Bard of the Yukon"". Born in Lancashire of Scottish descent, he was a bank clerk by trade, but spent long periods travelling in the west in the United States and Canada, often in poverty. When his bank sent him to the Yukon, he was inspired by tales of the Klondike Gold Rush, and wrote two poems, ""The Shooting of Dan McGrew"" and ""The Cremation of Sam McGee"", which showed remarkable authenticity from an author with no experience of the gold rush or mining, and enjoyed immediate popularity.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132994
- Title
- Collected Verse of Robert Service
- Author
- Service, Robert
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, no d/j, green clothbound boards (some bumping spine edges), black spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unm
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New (revised)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 729
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- anthology, poetry, Service
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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