The Harbinger; a May-gift
by [HOLMES, Oliver Wendell; SARGENT, John O.; BENJAMIN, Park]
- Used
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- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1833. FIRST EDITION. With engraved portraits of Holmes and Benjamin laid in. Original blue cloth with paper spine label; lightly foxed. In a cloth slip-case. 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)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12229
- Title
- The Harbinger; a May-gift
- Author
- [HOLMES, Oliver Wendell; SARGENT, John O.; BENJAMIN, Park]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- Carter, Hendee and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- literature, poetry
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Sherman Oaks, California
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