LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1909. Second Edition. Hardcover. A selection of romantic poetry, interspersed with color illustrations by Clarence Frederick Underwood (1871-1929), one of the leading commercial artists of his generation, whose work frequently appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' World. Octavo: unpaginated with a frontispiece and 5 full-page plates, all color halftones after Clarence F. Underwood. All pages with ornaments printed in violet, by Earl Stetson Crawford. In the publisher's dark olive diagonal fine-ribbed cloth binding, with blind-stamped floral ornamental frame, with pendants; onlay with color halftone design of young man and woman, after an illustration by Clarence F. Underwood; and gilt-stamped titling. Mild rubbing to the corners and tips; else very good or better. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Very good. Item #79045
Price: $200.00