Boston: D. Lothrop, (1883). First edition. BAL 6302, binding A. The rare first book by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930), a collection of 12 poems for the illustrations of George F. Barnes. Freeman later became well known and celebrated for her popular local color stories about New England places and.....
London: Printed for the Author; Sold by Edward and Charles Dilly, J. Robson, and J. Walter, 1779. First edition. Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, page 241; ESTC T42668 (six copies in the UK; six in the US). An accomplished and entertaining collection of over 30 poems and four poetical dialogues.....
London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Dodsley and P. Emsley, 1780. First edition. Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, 3; ESTC T54025. The uncommon second of two collections of poems by Anne Penny (1731-1784). This one reprints 27 of the 39 poems from her first collection (Poems, with a......