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DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886). Poems. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890.
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DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886). Poems. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890.
Square 8o. (Title-page detached.) Original gray and white cloth decorated in gilt and silver, top edge gilt (some soiling and wear, front hinge cracked, spine darkened); quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE POET'S FIRST BOOK, edited by her friends Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. A recluse throughout most of her life, Dickinson's Poems were published posthumously in a small edition of 480 copies on November 12, 1890. The volume proved to be quite popular, and two more printings were required before the end of that year. BAL 4655; Grolier American 91.
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE POET'S FIRST BOOK, edited by her friends Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. A recluse throughout most of her life, Dickinson's Poems were published posthumously in a small edition of 480 copies on November 12, 1890. The volume proved to be quite popular, and two more printings were required before the end of that year. BAL 4655; Grolier American 91.