Lyrics of the Hearthside
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [6], vii-x, 1-227, [3] pp. Green publisher's cloth with gold lettering and gold decorations on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph portrait of the author. BAL 4925. Poetry Foundation, "Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872—1906". This collection includes "Sympathy", one of Dunbar's most beloved poems (with the famous line, "I know why the caged bird sings"). Lyrics of the Hearthside was published just before the author suffered severe pneumonia from tuberculosis, and moved to the Catskills for his health. Dunbar wrote and published about ten novels, dozens of poems, multiple plays, and a musical during his short but prolific career. Near Fine. Item #000014478
A bookplate on the front pastedown, else a sharp example.
Price: $350.00