Democracy and Other Poems and The Sea Serpent: A Comic Opera in Three Acts

A quirky anthology, containing entertaining verse and a sea monster themed comic opera, written and signed by American poet and author William Mill Butler. The signed first edition of Democracy and Other Poems and The Sea Serpent: A Comic Opera in Three Acts, written American poet, newspaper editor and author William Mill Butler. Published by The Gorham Press in 1920.In the publisher's original green cloth, with Butler and his wife's signed inscription to their niece on the front free end paper.William Mill Butler had previously published a variety of works, including a local history of Rochester, an account of Paraguay, and was the founder of the humorous Pythian Knight and The Jury journals. This particular work is split between a collection of entertaining verse, and The Sea Serpent comic opera, including sheet music at the rear. In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, mostly smart. Fading to the spine, and faint marking to the top edge of the rear board. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and very minor rubbing to the joints. End papers are generally bright and clean, with slight browning, and the small odd mark to the rear end papers. Author's inscription to the front free end paper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Slight wear between leaves pp.144-145. The occasional leaf unopened. Pages are generally bright and clean, with signs of water damage to the extremities of several leaves. Contents leaf contains previous owner's ink annotations. Good.…