Pike County Ballads and Other Poems
192pp. 12mo. 1897 reprint of book first published in 1871, containing a selection American Civil War poems by Colonel John Hay, one of the first works to introduce vernacular styles of writing. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. 12mo. Boards a little rubbed on corners). Two colour printing and rough cut page edges. Inscription on front endpapers, which have hint of tanning, otherwise neat and bright internally.
