The Lesson; and Other Poems.
New Castle, Ind. Pleas Bros.; Indianapolis: Bowen, Stewart & Co.; Richmond, Ind.: Nicholson & Bro. (1871). First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, 154, [4] pages. Cloth a little rubbed, with some slight fraying at the head of the spine; small spot to the upper board; a little toned throughout; a very good copy. Item #17323
The first of several collections of verse from the Indiana native Parker (1833-1911), a long-time resident of New Castle, Indiana. Includes a number of pieces on the Civil War (friends killed at Corinth, the death of Lincoln, the glories of the Emancipation Proclamation), as well as details of Midwestern life: buckeye trees and sugar maples, the old spelling schools, etc. Pencil gift inscription from another New Castle, Ind. resident on the front free endpaper dated 1879; small ink signature below that. Banta, Indiana Authors and their Books, vol. 1, page 250.
Price: $75.00