Burt Franklin Jenness — Service Rhymes

[El Paso], Press of El Paso Printing Company, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of WWI verse by Burt Franklin Jenness, capturing an American serviceman"s daily life. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. A vanishingly scarce copy of this work, with just one copy held institutionally at the Hathi Trust Digital Library. An interesting collection of American First World War verse, written by Burt Franklin Jenness while serving with the U.S. forces. With titles including: "The Lure of the East," "The Cavalry," "The Army Mule," "The Rookie," "The Fate of Number Three," "To an Albatross," "Conscription," "After War - What?" "The Graves at Magdalena," and "The Deserter," among many others. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Slight scattered spots of damp staining to upper perimeters of boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Offsetting and the odd light spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .