Name/Title
FRIEND O'MINE.Entry/Object ID
97.14.1.1Description
Book: "Friend O'Mine" by Wilbur D. Nesbit (Chicago: P. F. Volland Co., 1926). Green cardboard cover with the title and author printed on the front cover. Title is embossed on a 3/4"H x 2"W thin gold metal plate which is glued to the front cover at the center of the top left quarter. Also on the front cover is a color illustration of a lake with trees and a house near the shoreline. The text of 20 pages includes a poem that is divided into five parts, each with an accompanying color illustrations by Marie Honre Myers. There are two blank pages following each section of the poem. The subject of the poem is friendship. Poem is highly sentimental. Interior pages of the book appear to have been hand cut. Inside the front endpaper is a dedication ["To Arthur/ from/ Oscar/ Dec '25, 1926"] and a Christmas wreath sticker. Overall physical condition and appearance of the book is good. "To Arthur/ from/ Oscar/ Dec'25, 1926"Lexicon
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Documentary Artifact, Books, P. F. Volland Co., Poetry, American
