Fields james t homas (1 Ergebnisse)
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Verlag: William D. Ticknor, Boston, 1849
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Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USALorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
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In den WarenkorbFirst Edition. First printing. Small octavo (20cm). Publisher's blind-stamped deep green cloth, titled in gilt on spine; 99pp. Mild rubbing to cloth; a touch of foxing to endpapers; Very Good. With a later ink ownership inscription to front endpaper (Barbara Heath, Boston). An attractive copy of Fields' first regularly-published… book, preceded only by the pamphlet Anniversary Poems (1838) and periodical contributions. Cited in Merle Johnson's You Know These Lines (1935) for the oft-quoted "We are lost! the captain shouted / As he staggered down the stairs" (from the "Ballad of a Tempest"). BAL 5926. PYE (Ticknor & Fields) 31.
