Description: Collected Verse of Edgar A. Guest. Memorial Edition. Copyright 1934. 17th Edition. 937 pages. 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches. "Here is a collection of 937 pages of the most notable and beloved of Mr. Guest's verse, selected by himself...Edgar Guest wrote of the things we all feel but are unable to express for ourselves." - excerpt off the front jacket flap. Mr. Guest (1881-1959) was born in Birmingham, England. Ten years later his family moved to Detroit, where he spent the rest of his life. Working for the Detroit Free Press, he published his first poem in 1898. At the end he had published 11,000 poems, wrote in 300 newspapers, and was published in more than 20 books. His poetry was warm, sentimental, and uplifting. - wikipedia.org. --- Verse on the title page: I'd like to think when life is done That I had filled a needed post,That her and there I'd paid my fare With more than idle talk and boast;That I had taken gifts divine,And tried to use them now and thenIn service for my fellow men. --- Sample poems:* Abe Lincoln* Advice to Young Lovers* At Christmas* Baby Feet* Boy O' Mine* Canterbury Bells* Dandelions* A Feller's Hat* Garden in Autumn* Hard Knocks* I Ain't Dead Yet* James Whitcomb Riley* My Aunt's Bonnet* An Old Fashioned Welcome* A Prayer* Results and Roses* Sea-Dreams* Suspenders* The Vaster Future* When Janet Goes to Bed* William Howard Taft. Thank you.
Price: 15.95 USD
Location: Temperance, Michigan
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Year Printed: 1934
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Poetry
Binding: Hardcover
Region: North America
Author: Edgar A. Guest
Subject: Literature & Fiction - Poetry
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Reilly & Lee
Place of Publication: Chicago
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
