Antique First Edition of ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF FAVORITE SONG | Edited by J. G. Holland (1819 – 1881) | Deluxe Printing, Illustrated with 125 Engravings and 20 Autographs in Facsimile | Published: New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company. Chicago: Hadley Brothers & Kane, 1873 (1873) | Fully bound in leather, embossed spine and covers; gold gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine; 5 raised bands to spine | Approx. Size: 9.5" H x 6.75" W x 2" D | Inscription inside front endpaper: To Rachel P. Hays, in [recognition] of the highest excellence in [____] and scholarship in her class during this [_____] year 1875. [_______] Earle, Trustee, 15 Ward June 18 - 1875.Author: Josiah Gilbert Holland (July 24, 1819 – October 12, 1881) was an American novelist and poet who also wrote under the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb. He helped to found and edit Scribner's Monthly (afterwards the Century Magazine), in which appeared his novels, Arthur Bonnicastle, The Story of Sevenoaks, Nicholas Minturn. In poetry he wrote "Bitter-Sweet" (1858), "Kathrina", the lyrics to the Methodist hymn "There's a Song in the Air", and many others.