SOME OLD FRIENDS AND NEW FOR SOME YOUNG FRIENDS AND OLD

Mordecai, S. F.

Published by Seeman Printery, Durham, NC, 1922

About this Item

First edition, printed for friends only and not for public distribution. 4to. 16 pp. Poetry by the author and others, with a few short prose sketches. Illustrated with a single plate, of the author's dog Pompey Ducklegs. Inscribed by the author "about Easter 1923," on the front wrapper; Mordecai (1852-1927), the grandson of Virginia Jewish merchants, was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1875 and practiced in Raleigh until 1904 when he was named the first dean of the Trinity College (now Duke University) law school (and following four years as a lecturer on law at Wake Forest College). "Mordecai delighted in writing clever prose and mediocre poetry, the best of which he collected and published in 'Mordecai's Miscellanies' in 1927" (cf. the biographical sketch online at "NCPedia" which emphasizes his work with the law and legal education). "Raised an Episcopalian, Mordecai was not much given to formal religion . he would describe himself as 'Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist, Jew' [for his associations with Duke, his upbringing, Wake Forest, and his family history]." Thornton 9046. OCLC locates one copy (Duke). Original printed brown wrappers (some wear at spine and corners), tied. (10288).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SOME OLD FRIENDS AND NEW FOR SOME YOUNG FRIENDS AND OLD
• Publisher: Seeman Printery, Durham, NC
• Publication Date: 1922
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana
  • Poetry