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Sykes, M'Cready.
POE'S RUN AND OTHER POEMS.
Princeton, NJ: The Cannon Press, 1904. Green Cloth. Probable First. By Artist William Pell. 85 pp. B/w ills. Subtitle: "Being the true and authentic narration of certain notable Games, wherein are set forth many marvelous Good Deeds wrought by the Princeton team; all done into Verse in the Vulgar Tongue: to which is appended The Book of the Chronicles of the Elis." Front cover shows a football field layout with black and white title info. Cover signed by Harold Imbrie w/ initials. Teg. Ffep is signed by artist Wm. Pell. Title page printed in red type and black. Front hinge weak but holding. Title poem tells the story of an epic 1898 Princeton football game wherein Edgar Allan Poe's nephews trounced the Yale team. Similar collegiate tales of Princeton superiority follow, cleverly illustrated. Very Good.
[Book #7146]
Price: $50.00
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