8vo. Original gray boards, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover, gilt top edge (small split to rear joint near foot, spine label a bit chipped and toned, small stain on upper cover); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (few short tears along extreme edges, light soiling); morocco folding case. Provenance: Gordon A. Block (his sale, Gordon A. Block sale, Sotheby's New York, 29 January 1974, lot 118).

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY KILMER'S MOTHER AND WITH HER ANNOTATIONS. Annie Kilburn Kilmer (1852-1932) was the dedicatee of the book. FIRST ISSUE without "Printed in USA" on copyright. BAL 11104.

[Laid in with:] 2pp. autograph manuscript poem titled "Spring in France," comprising 35 lines on American Expeditionary Force stationary, presumably unpublished. Sotheby's attributed the work to Kilmer (but possibly in another hand). In 1917, Kilmer enlisted in the New York National Guard and was deployed to France with the 69th Infantry Regiment. He was killed by a sniper's bullet at the Second Battle of the Marne on 30 July 1918 at the age of 31.