Dodd, Mead & Co., NY, 1953 (copyright). Lt gray cloth, gilt letters on black background. Spine bumping, hd & ft, corners sharp. P.O. inscription in ink on fff, dtd Christmas, 1958. No other markings. A little darkening along top of boards. Crisp white pages; solidly bound. DJ is wrinkled & worn, with waterstains on front cover & spine, and small chips & tears along spine edges (closed). Faint indentations of a telephone number, along top of cover edge. Publisher's original price of $2.50 on front flap. 192 pages.
Rare first, in jacket - hard to find in any edition, any condition. By the author of The Spell Of The Yukon and Bar-Room Ballads.
Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a British-Canadian poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon". He is best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", from his first book, Songs of a Sourdough. His vivid descriptions of the Yukon and its people made it seem that he was a veteran of the Klondike gold rush, instead of the late-arriving bank clerk he actually was. These humorous tales in verse were considered doggerel by the literary set, yet remain extremely popular to this day.
