The One Hoss Shay; With its Companion Poems, How the Old Horse Won the Bet & The Broomstick Train
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892. First Pyle illustrated edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Inconsistent pagination. Full reverse calf with brown lettering and decorations on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Green coated endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed in red and black. With in-text and full-page illustrations by Howard Pyle. BAL The first edition with Pyle's illustrations, Holmes' poems here were previously published without illustrations. Very Good. Item #000012771
Two tape ghosts to each pastedown, a bookplate on the first blank leaf and the front hinge gently cracked but holding.
Price: $50.00
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