Out To Old Aunt Mary's - 1904 Hardcover
Out To Old Aunt Mary's - 1904 Hardcover
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1904. Octavo, bound in green cloth with bright gilt titling. Very Good- condition with spots of soiling/discoloration to the spine and the bottom of the front endpaper beginning to separate from the rest of the text block. Moderate shelf wear and rubbing to cloth edges, tanned pages. Name of an original owner on first page, dated December 1924, and numeric stamp to back pastedown. Unpaginated.
Out To Old Aunt Mary's is a nostalgic poem that celebrates the simple pleasures of rural life in the late 19th century (Victorian / early Edwardian). The poem tells the story of a family's trip to visit their elderly Aunt Mary, and the various adventures they encounter along the way, accompanied by illustrations from Howard Chandler Christy and beautiful art nouveau decorations by Margaret Armstrong.