Red calf binding with gilt title on the spine Gilt title and design on the front board.

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•  Early book of poetry by Wheeler. Showing very minor signs of wear. Gilding is bright and fresh on both the front board and the spine. Slight bumping to the points of the boards and very slight age toning to the interior pages. A nice copy of this early work of poetry.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include the collection Poems of Passion and the poem “Solitude”, which contains the lines “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.” Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death.