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[EARLY COMIC] West Point Life: A Poem, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1866.
"Read Before the Dialectic Society of the United States Military Academy"
Early American comics-style Humor book.
Porter, Horace. West Point Life: A Poem, Read Before the Dialectic Society of the United States Military Academy. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1866, red cloth, gilt cover lettering; front hinge split, blank loose; tissue guards present; light foxing and toning.
Book is illustrated with pen and ink sketches, "by a cadet"; to which is added the song, "Benny Havens, oh!"
Comic illustrations in b&w.