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Poet tells of his gradual wasting away until his employment as Living Skeleton in sideshows. Poet tells of his gradual wasting away until his employment as Living Skeleton in sideshows. Printed in three columns divided by single lines. Poem in 24 eight-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and mention of Civil War when Sprague was of military age.

Poet tells of his gradual wasting away until his employment as Living Skeleton in sideshows. Poet tells of his gradual wasting away until his employment as Living Skeleton in sideshows. Printed in three columns divided by single lines within ornamental border. Poem in 24 eight-line stanzas. At end of text: Sold for my own benefit. Price 5 cents. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and mention of Civil War when Sprague was of military age.

Poem tells of his gradual wasting away until his employment as Living Skeleton in sideshows. Poem tells of his gradual wasting away until his employment as Living Skeleton in sideshows. Printed in three columns divided by single lines within double-line border. Poem in 24 eight-line stanzas. At end of text below double rule: Sold for my own benefit. Price, 5 cents. Brown University copy pasted on same sheet with Memorial Day, Lonsdale, R.I. (HB25001) Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and mention that Sprague was of military age in the Civil War.

1 broadsheet. Tune: Jerusalem the Golden. At head of text: Words by Harriet Clark and Villa Faulkner Page.

Printed in gold and colors within green inner and gold outer borders on heavy paper in postcard format; illuminated initial blocks; green horizontal rules between lines of text. Illustration of climbing rose plant with flowers at left between borders, climbing rose without flowers at right. Type-signed at end of poem: Henry Van Dyke. In lower margin: Taken by permission from "Music and other poems." 1904 - Charles Scribner's Sons. "No. 241W. Printed in Bavaria."--Verso. Suggested publication date from postmark on Brown University copy.

Within ornamental border.

P. Roth. Pages [2]-[3] blank. Printed in red, yellow, blue and black on heavy glossy white notepaper. On page [1] reproduction of colored serigraph signed: Sister Mary Corita, consisting of lettering, with "Life" in large blue letters. Title from first lines. Includes two short poems as part of illustration on page [1] Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Poetry and prose. Describes his illtreatment in prison.

Poetry and prose. Describes his illtreatment in prison.

Title from first line. Christmas card.

Within border of type ornaments. First line: Good people, all attention give.

Printed on brown paper, within ornamental border. Contains other poems by W.H. Shillan.

Page [4] blank. Title on page [1]: Poem.

Henry Dennison [i.e. Denison] Printed on birch bark; ; irregular edges; initial block. Poem in 12 lines. At end of text: From The Columbian lyre, 1828. Place of publication, publisher and suggested range of publication dates from dealer when Brown University copy was acquired with other birch bark broadsides.

Printed in red, blue, gold and black on heavy paper in postcard format; illuminated initial. Type-signed at end: Edward Rowland Sill. "Printed in Bavaria. No. 98."--Verso. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Pages [3] and [4] blank. At end of text: Henry David Thoreau's poem "Life" has been printed but once before ... the present text is that of the 1864 facsimile edition and is the first separate printing of the poem.

Poetry and prose. Cover title. Page [4] blank. Within mourning border. On page [1] poem in five five-line stanzas type-signed: L.H. Sigourney. Hartford, Conn., May, 1862.

Burnt sienna paper printed and illustrated in black; verso printed as a post card. Poem in three stanzas of varying length. Type-signed at end of poem: Allan Block. "Printed by Stuart McCarty"--Verso.

Burnt sienna paper printed and illustrated in black; verso printed as a post card. Poem in three stanzas of varying length. Type-signed at end of poem: Allan Block. "Printed by Stuart McCarty"--Verso.

Burnt sienna paper printed and illustrated in black; verso printed as a post card. Poem in three stanzas of varying length. Type-signed at end of poem: Allan Block. "Printed by Stuart McCarty"--Verso.

Certificate of confirmation. Within ornamental border.