Farm Ballads (1873), Farm Legends (1875), Farm Festivals (1881)
- SIGNED
- New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1873
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1873. [POETRY] [BINDING]. Small quartos (4to); tan cloth over beveled board with decorative gilt-stamped fillets around a double black fillet, lettering in gilt, pictorial decoration on each; all edges gilt; dark tan endpapers; frontispiece with tissue guard and illustrated throughout text and with inserted plates. Light shelf rubbing to board edges, a few light spots; all near fine. Three Will Carleton volumes celebrating the American farm, all with beautiful decorative bindings in near fine condition. Farm Legends and Farm Festivals are first edition, first printings. Farm Ballads was first printed in 1873, this copy is a later revised edition from 1882 and includes additional material.
A lovely collection of the American mid-west poet’s three books featuring poems and ballads to farms and farm life. Will Carlton, born William McKeandree Carleton (1845-1912) in Hudson, Michigan. After college he became a newspaper journalist, when his published poem, “Over the Hill to the Poor House” about the elderly poor, brought about national attention. He moved to Boston and eventually to New York City where his career as a poet and writer continued. (WIKI)
While some of Carleton’s poems are sentimental, many are humorous and point out human frailties and foibles.
A lovely collection of the American mid-west poet’s three books featuring poems and ballads to farms and farm life. Will Carlton, born William McKeandree Carleton (1845-1912) in Hudson, Michigan. After college he became a newspaper journalist, when his published poem, “Over the Hill to the Poor House” about the elderly poor, brought about national attention. He moved to Boston and eventually to New York City where his career as a poet and writer continued. (WIKI)
While some of Carleton’s poems are sentimental, many are humorous and point out human frailties and foibles.