McGaffey, Ernest

Poems

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. First Edition. The second volume of poetry by the lawyer and naturalist, Ernest McGaffey (1860-1941), who was a close friend of Edgar Lee Masters and was admired by John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt (Hallwas, p. 492). In this copy, McGaffey has written and signed a lengthy poem titled "The Old Gods and the New" to an early blank.

12mo. Decorative cloth boards with ink faded to boards and spine; top edge gilt, others deckle; 267 p. Owner's name and date to ffep. Boards rubbed with red ink stain to the bottom corner of the front board, a very good copy. Item #13015

Price: $45.00