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Fine Inscription from Trowbridge

 

TROWBRIDGE, J.T. Cudjo's Cave. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1902. 8vo. 504 pp., plus ads. Orig. gilt & black stamped red cloth. $125.00

 

Not in BAL. With a fine ink presentation inscription on the front free endleaf: "Youth strikes a skilless blow,/ But the medal is all aglow,/ Age has the experimental hanbd,/ But the fire in the forge is low./ John Townsend Trowbridge/...November 13, 1902."