Youth's Keepsake: A Christmas and New Year's Gift for Young People

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Carter and Hendee, Boston, 1831

[Children's Poetry: Featuring the early works of Oliver Wendell Holmes.] Held in a fine cloth chemise in slip case. Bound in original roan-backed boards.  Gilt edges.  Yellow end sheets. 215 pages : Seven engravings; 16 cm.   Principal illustrations are engravings after various artists by J. Andrews, E. Gallaudet, O. Pelton, and S.W. Cheney Contains two original contributions by Holmes, "Crossing the Ford,” and "The Fairy World." "The fairy world" on page 207 is the first and only appearance of this poem by Holmes, an early effort by the author. 

  Early signature of Bessie Theresa Donnelly, Boston, Mass.