Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Poems. O. Rich & Sons, 12, red Lion Square, London, 1846.

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Description: xx, [iv], 175, [1] pp. Printed by Bradbury and Evans. 1 vols. 12mo. SIGNED. 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. BAL 8743 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 xx, [iv], 175, [1] pp. Printed by Bradbury and Evans. 1 vols. 12mo

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