Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses, The Hard cover - 1907
by Service, Robert W
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- Title Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses, The
- Author Service, Robert W
- Binding Hard Cover
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Publisher Barse & Hopkins
- Date 1907
- Bookseller's Inventory # 155627
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About this book
The Spell of the Yukon and other Verses was originally published under the name of Song of a Sourdough outside the U.S., before other verses were added. The collection of poetry and prose narrates the world through the eyes of Robert Service, a Scottish poet and writer. The Book contains well known verses about the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon a decade earlier, particularly the long, humorous ballads, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee." His work portrays the complex relationship between a growing industrial society and the natural beauty of the land.
I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods;
Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods.
Long have I waited lonely, shunned as a thing accurst,
Monstrous, moody, pathetic, the last of the lands and the first;
Visioning camp-fires at twilight, sad with a longing forlorn,
Feeling my womb o'er-pregnant with the seed of cities unborn.
First Edition Identification
Edward Stern & Co. published a First Edition, First Printing in Philadelphia, 1907. Published prior to the Barse & Hopkins edition. The hardcover is bound in ribbed cloth, with pictorial paper overlay and gilt titling.
Barse & Hopkins published a First edition, First Printing in New York, 1907. The hardcover is bound in green cloth with gold gilt.