[Poetry] Burgess, Gelett. The Lark. Book I. Nos 1-12; Book II, Nos. 13-24. Burgess, Gelett & Bruce Porter, editors. San Francisco: William Doxey, May 1895 & May 1897. 12mo. beige burlap covers, black title and color illustration of piping pan on cover, black spine title, head of spine worn, corners bumped, name in ink upper endpaper "Lucy Ford Wortham / Feb 1900/ Rfochester, NY", bottom of title chipped noty affecting any lettering, next 3 leaves loose, contents aged but clean and appear to be complete, contains work by Gelett Burgess, Bruce Porter, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ernest Peixotto, Willis Polk, Florence Lundborg, Book First May 1895 to April 1896, the first of 12 parts Book I, rare first edition , contains Gelett Burgess's poem "A Purple Cow", VG copy of the first book of a Very Rare set.The Lark. Book I. Nos 1-12; Book II, Nos. 13-24 Burgess, Gelett & Bruce Porter, editors. San Francisco: William Doxey, May 1895 & May 1897. Contains Burgess' famous "Purple Cow" in the first issue. Edited by Gelett Burgess and Bruce Porter (LITTLE MAGAZINES) First edition, Second Issue with Doxey Imprint. 2 vols., Sm. 4to. Illustrations and cover designs by Florence Lundborg, Gelett Burgess, Ernest Peixotto, Hervert Van Vlack, Newton Tharp, Reginald Rix, Willis Polk and Bruce Porter. Original illustrated brown cloth bindings by Bruce Porter and Florence Lundborg. Chinese bamboo paper, the issues from Number 8 on are printed on one side only, a few of the issues and inserts on different paper.

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