Hair, Dell — Nature Beautiful

Toledo, OH, The Goodrich Printing Company. Wraps. no date, presumed early 1900s. Stated sixth edition. Greenish gray wraps. 269 pp. plus index. With a few black and white photos. A collection of poems by the 'policeman poet' Dell Hair, covering a range of subjects, including Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis and his (pending?) flight to Paris. This includes a photo of the plane and Lindbergh. With poems on war, love, etc. Dell Hair was born in Michigan and after serving in the US Army (allegedly helping to quell the Geronimo uprisings), he served as a policeman in Toledo, before forming his own private security company. GOOD condition. Wrappers chipped, with loss, at the corners. Tear at the upper front hinge. Minor soiling and general fading. Some toning to the text block. Good .