LA Bantam - Poems of Passion

The 15th book published by Bantam Publications is Poems of Passion by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. First published in 1883 (Chicago: W. B. Conkey) the LA Bantam edition includes the preface and all the poems in the original edition.

In common with all but one of LA Bantam's books Poems of Passion is 100 pages long and is 110 mm (4 5/16") wide by 152 mm (6") tall. Cover and pages are made from high acid pulp paper. The page collation is:

[1] title page,
[2] copyright page,
[3] poem,
[4] blank,
[5-6] Poems of Passion list,
[7-8] Miscellaneous Poems list,
[9] Introduction to LA Bantam edition,
[10] blank,
[11-13] Ella Wheeler's Original Preface,
[14] blank,
[15] Poems of Passion,
[16] blank,
17-61 43 poems,
[62] blank,
[63] Miscellaneous Poems,
[64] blank,
65-97 40 poems,
[98] Bantam Books List
[99-100] blank.

The copyright date is 1940. The book was entered in the Library of Congress Catalogue of Copyright Entries on September 26, 1940. The back cover is an advertisement for Bantam Books. The list of books on page 98 has all the books from 1 to 20 except for Poems of Passion.

The strong yellowish green/light gray cover shown below is the only version with which I'm familiar.