THE ILLUSTRATED BIRTHDAY BOOK OF AMERICAN POETS

James R. Osgood and Co., Boston 1884. A small 16mo of 307 pages bound in the original brown cloth binding heavily decorated in black and gilt in a late Victorian style. On the cover is a quote in gilt regarding birthdays. A birthday book is a blank book to complete with your friends birth dates. Interspersed with the blank areas to be completed are quotes and engravings of American poets. Ink inscription on front free end paper but otherwise the book is blank. The binding is near fine with just a hint of wear. Some light flecking on the fore-edge and two pages browned from a laid in clipping. A beautiful little gem of a book.