Johnnie Courteau and Other Poems by William Henry Drummond; with illustrations by Frederick Simpson Coburn
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. Hardcover. "Reprinted, November, 1901." viii, [2], 161 p., frontispiece and 16 leaves of plates; 21 cm. White "vellum" paper over spine with gilt-stamped spine title; grey-brown paper over boards with gilt-stamped cover title and illustration. Top page edges gilt. Title page in red and black. Each plate has tissue guard with caption in red. Without dust jacket. Small brown bookseller's label on back fixed endpaper for E.G. Nelson & Co., Saint John, Nova Scotia. First edition, second printing. William Henry Drummond (1854-1907) was a highly popular Canadian poet of humorous French-Canadian dialect poems. This volume is charmingly illustrated with plates by Frederick Simpson Coburn (1871-1960), a Canadian illustrator. In Very Good Condition: spine is sunned; edges rubbed; text and plates are clean and bright. Very Good. Item #003636
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