SIGNED

Poems.

London: O. Rich & Sons, 12, red Lion Square, 1846.

Price: $250.00


About the item

xx, [iv], 175, [1] pp. Printed by Bradbury and Evans. 1 vols. 12mo. SIGNED. Original ribbed cloth, floral center wreath, a.e.g. Very Good, head and tail have early tape, unobstrusive. Signed "D. Holmes" cut signature tipped in on front pastedown. BAL 8743.

Item #246798

Contains Griswold's memoir (pp. xvii-xx) of the author from "Poets and Poetry of America." While including the contents of the 1836 "Poems" the following were added for this edition: "Departed Days;" "Lines Recited at the Berkshire Festival"; "The Only Daughter"; "The Parting Word" (it's first appearance in book form); "Song Written for the Anniversary Dinner of the New York Mercantile Library Association"; "Song, Written for the Dinner Given to Charles Dickens. . ."; "The Steamboat"; "Terpsichore" (first book appearance) and "Lines Recited at the Cambridge Phi Beta Kappa Society's Dinner in 1844" (first book appearance). Most of the others had appeared in periodicals or other collections.