Staton Bros., 1911. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. [xviii], 55 leaves (pages numbered consecutively on the recto of each leaf). Blue paper-covered boards over blue cloth spine, title on lighter blue label, top edges gilt.. 2 b&w plates. Lightly sunned along top of front board, spine edges worn, front hinge broken. Inscribed on ffep "To my dear young friend Samuel Maron, from Esther Morton Smith. December 9 - 1939". With a 4 page poem handwritten but not composed by Smith tipped in to rear fep.

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Bookseller: Lippincott Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4449B
Title: A Few Sonnets and Verses
Author: Smith, Esther Morton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Staton Bros.
Date Published: 1911
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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