Messrs. Harper & Brothers take please in announcing the publication of 'Lonesome Water A Book of Poems' by Roy Helton. Copies may be had from your bookseller, or, upon order, from the publishers 49 East 33rd Street, New York. Just published Price, $2.00 : advertising brochure.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
• American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Helton, Roy, 1886-1977.
• Advertising--Books--United States.
• Advertising--Books.
• United States.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm

Other Title:

Lonesome Water a Book of Poems

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Brothers, [1930]

Notes:

• Brochure printed in red and black.
• "The book announced here may be had of your bookseller or from Harper & Brothers, the publishers, at the price mentioned on the preceding page."
• "Here are ballads and folk songs of Kentucky. They tell of feuds and ill-starred loves, of witch women and mountain charms. Some of the poems are humorous, some darkly tragic, but all of them vibrate with human emotion. Mr. Helton's black and white drawings strikingly convey the spirit of his verse."

Local Notes:

• Culture Class Collection copy housed with: Helton, Roy Addison, 1886- My land- your lover. Read by the Author at the Christmas Eve Luncheon of the Franklin Inn Club, Philadelphia, December 24, 1927. [Philadelphia, Printed for private distribution to the members of the club by Charles F. Jenkins], 1927.
• Culture Class Collection copy p. [1] has "?" in the top left hand corner and "Send for" written in ms. in the lower right hand corner.

OCLC:

907569104