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DANA, RICHARD HENRY, SR.

Poems.

Publisher: Boston: Bowles and Dearborn, 1827.
Edition: First edition.
Bibliographical References: BAL 4422; American Imprints 28656.
Condition: Spine and label a little chipped; very good copy.
Book ID: 20353

Description

12mo, original purple cloth spine, printed lavender boards and printed paper label.

Comments

Dana’s first book, preceded by several pamphlets. It includes one of his most celebrated poems, The Buccanner, a long verse narrative of the supernatural. Presentation inscription on the front blank for a school prize dated December 31, 1827.

Price: $350.00