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by [HOLMES, Oliver Wendell; SARGENT, John O.; BENJAMIN, Park]

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Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1833. FIRST EDITION. Foxing, heavy on endpapers. Gift bookplate from Isaac Mansfield to Harvard dated October 22, 1845. Original blue cloth rebacked with title in gilt on spine. First edition. The Harbinger was compiled and sold to raise funds at a fair on May-Day in Boston to benefit the New England Institution for the Education of the Blind. Contains 17 of Holmes' poems, including The last leaf and The ballad of the oysterman. BAL 8723; Blanck, American first editions, 253; C&T, p. 22.

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Bookseller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
18156
Title
The Harbinger; a May-gift
Author
[HOLMES, Oliver Wendell; SARGENT, John O.; BENJAMIN, Park]
Book Condition
Used
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1
Edition
FIRST EDITION
Publisher
Carter, Hendee and Co.
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1833
Keywords
literature, poetry

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