Yawcob Strauss Series: Yawcob's Dribulations, Leedle Yawcob Strauss, Der Oak and der Vine, and Vas Marriage a Failure? Inscribed by the author.
Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1894. First edition. Dark Green Cloth over Boards. Oblong 12mo (7.5" x 5"), unpaginated, 22 chromolithographs printed by Louis Prang. Author's b/w portrait on frontispiece. Bookplate of the Boston Authors Club on inside front cover. Note in pencil indicates "gift of American Academy of Arts and Sciences 27 October 1966". Inscribed by the author on FEP: "To the Boston Authors' Club with the compliments of Charles Follen Adams, Boston, Mass. Feb. 21, 1913" Very Good. No DJ as Issued. Item #13613
A charming collection of humorous and endearing poems from the point of view of fictional German immigrant and family man Yawcob Strauss, written in Pennsylvania German dialect. The author was an American poet from Dorchester, MA who worked with Louis Prang's Boston publishing company. Very scarce in this edition, a real gem!
Price: $75.00