The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., Inc., 1907. First American Edition. Original cloth. Octavo. 99 pages pages. Near Fine. Bound in original dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and upper board titles, black and white illustration laid down on upper board. A few insignificant rubs at extremities. A lovely copy.
Service's first book, published a few months earlier in Canada under the title "Songs of a Sourdough." Includes the favorites--read by countless dads to their kids around the campfire--'The Cremation of Sam McGee' and 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew.' This is the first issue of the first American edition of this classic. Subsequent editions in the U.S. were published by Barse & Hopkins. See MITHAM #A1h1.
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