The Fountain and Other Poems.

New York & London: Wiley and Putnam, 1842.

Price: $275.00


About the item

First edition, BAL state B (no priority), with additional publisher's catalogue at rear, and state B (no priority) of Contents leaf (folded to appear as p. 5). [iv, catalogue], 100, [8, catalogue] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's white glazed boards (BAL binding B, no priority), printed spine label. Light wear to covers, toning to label, light foxing. In custom green cloth clamshell box by MacDonald for Scribner's. BAL 1621. Provenance: J.L. Manning (pencil inscription on title-page, dated July 22, 1842); Mrs. J. Insley Blair (her green morocco Blairhame booklabel).

Item #306133