TOTE ROAD AND TRAIL: BALLADS OF THE LUMBERJACK
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1917. Item #1481
MALLOCH, Douglas. TOTE ROAD AND TRAIL. Full-Color Illustrations by Oliver Kemp. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1917]. Small 8vo., embossed brick-red cloth, stamped in gilt. First Edition. A collection of poetry celebrating the life and work of the lumberjack. Malloch was an associate editor of "American Lumberman" magazine and was popular on the lecture circuit. Signed presentation from Malloch on the front endpaper: "To my good friend Thos. Shallcross Jr., with all the good wishes I can think of, Doug Malloch. Chicago, October 24, 1919." With the personal bookplate of Thomas Shallcross Jr.- a prominent Philadelphia-based real estate magnate- on the front pastedown. Very Good (little edgewear & bit of sunning spine; little foxing to few preliminary pages & faint dampstain to few rear pages, else contents fairly clean & tight). $100.00.
Price: $100.00