BATES, KATHERINE LEE. Printed text of her hymn "America the Beautiful" signed ("Katherine Lee Bates"), n.p., n.d. [c. 1925]. 4 pages, square 8vo, the four-stanza verses and signature occupying p. 1. In the four-page pamplhet Bates details the circumstances of the writing of her celebrated poem in 1893, inspired by a vista seen from the summit of Pike's Peak, describing the poem's publication history and multiple musical settings. Fine condition. Rare.

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BATES, KATHERINE LEE. Printed text of her hymn "America the Beautiful" signed ("Katherine Lee Bates"), n.p., n.d. [c. 1925]. 4 pages, square 8vo, the four-stanza verses and signature occupying p. 1. In the four-page pamplhet Bates details the circumstances of the writing of her celebrated poem in 1893, inspired by a vista seen from the summit of Pike's Peak, describing the poem's publication history and multiple musical settings. Fine condition. Rare.