This Lovely Earth. Frances Bowles, author. Inscribed. Poetry. Second Edition. NF/NF

Park College Press, M), 1963. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". Second Edition "With Additional Poems" - stated. Jacket design by George W. Grattan. Jacket photo by Albert J. Crabtree. Green vinyl, decorative front cover, gilt letters. Very minor spine bumping, hd & ft, corners sharp. Crisp white pages on heavy stock - inscribed by the author on the Half-Title Page. No other markings. All gilt is bright. Tightly bound with just a hair of spine slant - both hinges are sound. The dust jacket is in excellent shape, with a minor crimp at the head & light shelf-wear to the back cover. The publisher's original price of $3.00 is extant, at the top of the front flap. Protected by an early DEMCO protective sleeve that is held closed at the bottom edge with 3 vertical strips of brown tape. 68 pages.