Harvard Lyrics and Other Verses

This is a scarce poetry anthology, "HARVARD LYRICS And Other Verses ~ Being Selections of the Best Verse Written by Harvard Undergraduates within the Last Ten Years" selected by Charles Livingstone Stebbins. 1899 1st edition; Brown and Company; Boston. Frontispiece photograph of "The College Yard." Gilt top page edges. There is an Index of Authors at the back.

From the Introduction: "The motive that prompted the compilation of this little volume was a desire to collect into convenient form some of the more serious thoughts of Harvard students as expressed in their best verse, with the hope of creating in the public mind a better impression of the standard of undergraduate literary work."

Condition:
Clean covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Bright gilt on the front cover and spine. Bright gilt top page edges. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is a crack at the front hinge between the copyright and 1st Introduction pages (despite the crack, the front cover is still firmly in place and is not shaky). The text pages are clean with no notable issues found. "F.H.S. Jr. Cambridge May '99" written in pen on the front end paper. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.