Presentation Copy to Gen. Richmond
War Lyrics and Other Poems.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866.
Price: $175.00
About the item
First Edition. viii, 243 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy to Gen. Richmond. Original purplish-brown cloth. A Very Good copy. Harris Collection, p.41.
Item #8386
Brownell, educated as a lawyer decided upon literature instead shortly after graduating. At the onset of the Civil War, he became a volunteer and rose through the ranks to become Admiral Farragut’s secretary.
This copy bears the following inscription: “Gen. Lewis C. Richmond/with the author’s compliments and regards.”.