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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Antique poetry anthology, "Golden Leaves from the American Poets" collected by John W.S. Hows. Circa 1910's (there is no date of publication stated, though there is an inscription dated 1919 on the front pastedown); Hurst & Company; New York. Decorative cloth front cover with color flowers. Selections include works from Edgar Allan Poe (The Raven, The Bells, Annabel Lee), "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore, "The Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Julia Ward Howe, James Russell Lowell, L.H. Sigourney, Edward Everett, William Cullen Bryant, Richard Henry Dana.and many, many more. Condition: Overall the book is in Good- condition. Soiling/staining to the covers and spine. Crack at front hinge between pages 14 & 15, though the front cover remains securely in place. Text pages clean with only a small foxing spot at the bottom of pages 32-37. Light smudge at outer margin of title page and the page facing it. Inscription dated 1919 written in ink on front pastedown. A thin strip of tape (which has since turned brown) had been applied along the hinge between the title page and the page facing it. Inscription written in pen dated 1979 on front end paper.…