[Rarebooks] Bliss Carman, Poems, Limited & Signed, Chiswick Press

[Bob Petrilla]

Carman, Bliss. POEMS BY BLISS CARMAN: Limited De Luxe Edition. In Two
Volumes. Boston: L.C. Page & Co. , 1905. Limited Edition. Two volumes,
quarto. pp: ix, 293; vii, 292. Frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, poems
in facsimile of manuscripts and rubricated title-pages in both volumes.
Printed on laid paper, rough-trimmed, with catch-phrases in red throughout
the text. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Bound in black boards, ribbed
spines with leather labels; tail of Volume II bumped. 11.75" x 7.25". Very
Good condition.

This is #78 of 500 copies (350 for the United States), signed by Bliss
Carman.  [Blanck, BAL 2673].  Recognized as Canada's Poet Laureate, Carman
(1861-1929) spent much of his life in the United States and was awarded the
Robert Frost Medal for his poetry.  $200.00

Usual trade terms, postpaid in US, sent abroad at cost.



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