The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems
New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Frontispiece. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered. Hinges cracked, extremities rubbed. Item #409447
First combined edition, first issue. Presentation copy, inscribed by Markham: "My dear Norbert Hyatt: If all men were like you, poets would live in palaces and kings would do them reverence. All good fortunes attend you in your service of the immortal Muse! Your friend always – Edwin Markham. New York City, Feb. 1916." Above this Markham has written: "This is a first edition. – E. M." In addition, the poet has made five ink corrections or revisions (ranging from a single word to a line of verse) on four pages. Merle Johnson, p. 347. (BA).
Price: $125.00