I’ve had this book for a few years and I cannot find any trace of it online. It’s called “The Trail: A collection of poems on the out-of-doors” by J. A. Hart 1932. It looks kind of homemade but also very professional. It’s printed like a book and has glossy pages with pictures of nature and poetic quotes under neath. The cover is thicker than a paper back but definitely not a hard back. It’s almost a cross between cardboard and leather? The cover is an engraved drawing of trees, hills, and the moon with “The Trail” on the bottom and it’s all traced with silver paint. All the poems are credited to their authors but the photos have no locations or dates and I cannot find any information whatsoever. Even if it is just some self published book or homemade collection I’d love to find out any information possible!

  • kochamziemnaki@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I’m not finding anything online either, but you might post this over in r/rarebooks. It’s absolutely a privately printed chapbook, which is very common for poetry books even now. That material for the cover is also pretty common for chapbooks. It’s hard to find because it would have been printed in very small numbers. Someone else commented on a J. A. Hurt that died in the late 30s, that would be a very good lead to follow up.