Songs of the Average Man

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, full green cloth binding with purple, black and gilt decorations and lettering to front cover and spine, top edge gilt, 7-3/4" tall, 201 pp., photographic frontispiece, Illustrations by Merle Johnson. Copyright reads 1907, but contents include “Songs Added in 1911.†Scuff to title box of spine, moderate wear to spine ends, light bump to top front corner, modern bookplate to front endpaper. Foss was a librarian who is best known for just four lines (from “The Coming Americanâ€): "Bring me men to match my mountains / Bring me men to match my plains / Men with empires in their purpose / And new eras in their brains. (Inventory #: 201533)