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An Old-Fashioned Garden

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Weight 350 g
Dimensions 45 × 35 × 16 mm
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Signed by Author. 12mo – over 6¾ – 7¾ tall. with marginal illustrations by c.gene carl.frontispiece photo house rose haven . Green cover with gilt lettering cover and spine. Velin paper was used in the making of this book. and the author has authographed the book in the following manner, with compliments of the author W. Bradford Williams Haddenfield NJ 11-8-1926
This small book of 30 Poems is a deadication from a man to his wife, I quote:
As a tiny boquet to my wife, a true gardener of ideals, who has helped me to weed the tares, and to cultivate the worth-while, in my own lifes garden, this book is dedicated .
To give you some idea of the range of poem titles I have listed them all. An Old-fashioned Garden, To the Daisies, Tardy Spring, Tonic Spring, At Easter-time, Rejuvenation, The Country Boy, June, Rose Haven, Your Garden and Mine, The Virtues of the Season, Get a Hoe, Res, Reflection, By the Brook, Real Life, Red Dawn, The Brotherhood of Life, The Call of the Goldenrod, When the Lights are Burning Low, When its Canning-time in Autumn, The Meaning of Life, Leaves of November, Ambition Vain, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day Thanks, Twelfth Month, Traits, The Return of Jack Frost, The Christmas Tree, Merry Christmas. This little book is a pleasure to read, it is easy to follow and makes us stop to think in this mixed up world we all now live in today.