SING THE SOUTH (Second Edition)

Lewis, Judd Mortimer

Published by J. V. Dealy Co., Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1905

About this Item

5 5/8" X 8 1/8" (14.2cm X 20.6cm) Hard bound in blue-green cloth with title in gilt on the front and spine. Paste down photo on cover. Top edge is red with deckle fore and bottom edge. Condition is near fine with some shelf wear. (xv) + 216 pages with b&w full page illustrations. Inscribed with a poem and signed by the author on the ffep. "During the past few years, (c.1900) Mr. J. M. Lewis has conducted a column of poetry, whims and fancies in the Houston Daily Post. Humor, wit, squibs and poems have flowed freely from his facile pen, and the product has been accepted with appreciation by his friends and the reading public. Many of his friends . prevailed upon Mr. Lewis to collect some of these wandering whims of fancy and to print them into a book. . The poems gathered into this book reveal a spirit in unison with the laws of life, at peace with all mankind, in touch with the ennobling forces of nature, and attuned to the sweetest harmonies that pervade the human heart." (From the preface by Joe Henry Eagle.).

Seller Inventory # 000907

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SING THE SOUTH (Second Edition)
• Publisher: J. V. Dealy Co., Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Kaiser
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 17 ounces
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry