Berton Braley — Things As They Are: Ballads

New York, George H. Doran Company, 1916 . First edition. Hardback. Very scarce signed first-edition poetry collection from Berton Braley, author of "The Will to Win". Very scarce first edition.Publisher's original hardback.Presentation copy. Signed by the author with an inscription to the front free endpaper.From American poet Berton Braley, best known for "The Will to Win" and "Do It Now", the latter most often seen in hymn form. Braley published prolifically both in newspapers, such as Forbes, Harper's Magazine and the Saturday Evening Post, and in poetry volumes like Songs of the Workaday World (1915). His poetry is upbeat, humorous and motivational and satirises the modern working world. Publisher's original hardback. Presentation copy. Signed by the author with an inscription to the front free endpaper. Externally, smart with some bumping, rubbing and the odd mark. Featuring noticeable fading to title. Internally, binding tender to front hinge, otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout, furnished with only the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .