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Here is a first edition (1899) hardcover of Nature Pictures by American Poets, selected and edited by Annie Russell Marble and published by The Macmillan Company (New York) and Macmillan & Co., Ltd. (London). This antique volume collects poems by leading American poets of the 19th century, capturing the beauty of landscape, seasons, and nature’s moral and aesthetic effects in the era’s poetic voice.
The book measures approximately 8.5 in × 5.5 in (21.5 cm × 14 cm) (please verify exact dimension) and is bound in green cloth with gilt-lettering to front board and gilt border. Condition: The boards show light wear at corners and spine ends, the front board has a faint dark spot, the binding is sound though the hinge shows slight separation near gutter; the interior pages show light foxing/flecking especially near the front blank and title pages, and there is a pencil mark (“1.25 = 94”) on the front endpaper. Please review all the photos carefully as they form part of this description.
This volume offers not only a treasure for poetry lovers but a wonderful piece of literary and decorative history—perfect for a vintage library, decorative display, or serious collector of 19th-century American poetry anthologies.
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