Rhymes of a Rolling Stone

Robert W. Service

Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, NY, 1913

About this Item

Dodd, Mead & Company, New York. 1913. Hardcover. Very Nice Early Printing; first published 1912 by Dodd Mead. Frontis photo of Service in flannel shirt. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; light wear to tips and edges; soiling to boards and paste-on picture. No DJ. Gray cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine front board with mountain scene picture glued on front board. 172 pp 8vo. In 1912, the year in which Robert Service published Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, and the poem that likely inspired its title, A Rolling Stone, Service reflects on the simple idea of getting away from the convoluted machinations of the modern world. A Rolling Stone reflects the thoughts of an individual who came as close as one could to achieving this lifestyle as he could without actually leaving the modern world behind altogether. Whether A Rolling Stone was a fantasy or the way he looked at the world itself is difficult to say. It is clear, however, that he knew how he felt about the modern and natural worlds, and that this verse is a strong indication of that passion and desire that drove him in so many of his other famous works of artistic expression. Two color red and black printed title page. 32 text illustrations. A clean presentable copy. Seller Inventory # 006324

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rhymes of a Rolling Stone

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1913

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket