MARKHAM, EDWIN. The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems. New York, 1899. Frontispiece. 8vo, original gilt-lettered green cloth, uncut, extremities lightly rubbed. FIRST EDITION (in book form) of the author's first book, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Markham on the front free endpaper: "This is a first edition, a very scarce volume. You can identify a first edition by the word fruitless on page 35. In later editions, fruitless was changed to milkless. This is a very scarce volume, usually sold for $75-- Edwin Markham August 1936."