Virginia Woodward Cloud — A Reed by the River

Boston, Richard G. Badger, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this volume of poetry by American writer Virginia Woodward Cloud. The very scarce first edition of this work.A charming volume of sixty-seven brief poems, with titles including 'Unity', 'A Judean House-Top', and 'The Gospel of Love&apos.With the 1903 former owner's inscription of Frances Bartlett to the front free endpaper.The work of American writer Virginia Woodward Cloud, literary editor of the Baltimore News from 1906 to 1914 and a member of the board of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .