copyright 1882; frontispiece illustration under tissue; original owner's names inside front cover (pic); Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Granklin Square, New York; hardbound; very good condition for age with clean pages and tight binding; front board illustration with nice gilt; no dust jacket.
 
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Farm Ballads is a rather influential volume of poetry by American poet Will Carleton. It's a classic and charming bestselling book first published in 1873 containing poetry written on the farm about families, love, death, money, nature and the out-of-doors with equally charming illustrations to match the poems. Farm ballads include among others Over the Hill from the Poor-house, How Jamie Came Home, etc. Other poems include Apple-Blossoms and Autumn Days.