signed first edition
1899 · [No Place]
by Richards, Lydia Platt
[No Place]: [No Publisher], 1899. First Edition. First edition. Signed by the author, "Compliments of author" ink on front free endpaper. [vi], 126 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good, bumped corners, worn cloth, a few dog-eared pages. An uncommon volume of poetry with labor and pioneer themes, by the progressive author of a labor/proletarian-themed novel, Ahead of the Hounds. Her Local and National Poets of America entry in 1890 mentions that she was a widow and prolific poet living in Momence, Illinois.
(Inventory #: 140943521)