Bingen on the Rhine
$25.00 USD • Used
First edition. Paper covered boards are rubbed, worn and stained. Gilt page edges. Binding is loose with cracked hinges. A few fingerprints but pages are clean. Each thick, cream-colored page is i...
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First edition. Paper covered boards are rubbed, worn and stained. Gilt page edges. Binding is loose with cracked hinges. A few fingerprints but pages are clean. Each thick, cream-colored page is illustrated with an engraved plate and accompanied by a running verse, the theme of which is a dying soldier's last words to his comrade. "A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers; there was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; but a comrade stood beside him, while his life-blood ebb'd away, and bent, with pitying glances to hear what he might say. The dying soldier falter'd as he took that comrade's hand. And he said, 'I never more shall see my own, my native land.' " An exquisitely crafted and composed slim volume of verse.
Product Info
Publisher: Porter & Coates
Year: 1883-01-01
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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Country: United States
