Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1957. 248 pp + title index+ index of first lines. This wonderful collection of story poems includes: Jesse James by William Rose Benet; The Mountain Whippoorwill by STephen Vincent Benet; Matilda by Hilaire Belloc; The Dog's Cold Nose by Arthur Gutterman; The Spelling Bee of Angels by Bret Harte; Molly Means by Margaret Walker; The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service; many more. Dj has chips from top edge and spine bottom but front illustration, title and author's name intact. Editor's b/w photo on rear dj. Not price clipped. Looks good and held nicely by new mylar cover. Turquoise colored cloth on boards binding has bumps to top corner. Clean. Rust colored lettering and front illustration. A bit of foxing on endpapers but no former owner's name. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. B/w line illustrations throughout. DJ cond: poor-fair. Book condition: good.. First Edition. HC and DJ. Illus. by Walter Huehr. 8 1/2 x 5 7/8.

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Bookseller: Ghost River Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003965
Title: Story Poems: New and Old
Author: Edited By William Cole
Illustrator: Walter Huehr
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The World Publishing Company
Place of Publication: Cleveland and New York
Date Published: 1957
Keywords: POETRY
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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