Meliboeus-Hipponax. The Biglow Papers. Second Series
by LOWELL, James Russell
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. First American edition. 8vo. [4], lxxx, 258 pp. Publisher's purple blind- and gilt-stamped cloth; short split to cloth on front joint, gathering slightly proud, light foxing throughout, in a custom burgundy cloth slipcase and chemise First American edition of the Second Series of Lowell's satire in Yankee dialect, written in support of the Union cause. First published in three parts in London in 1862 followed by one volume editions in 1864 and 1865. As in the First Series, published in 1848 and written in opposition to the Mexican-American War and the expansion of slavery, the Second Series is presented as a series of letters and verse by the New England farmer Hosea Biglow and his friend Birdofredom Sawin, and is embellished with a faux critical apparatus by editor Homer Wilbur, Pastor of the First Church of Jaalam. Includes Lowell's popular Yankee dialect poem "The Courtin'."PROVENANCE: Mrs. J. Insley Blair (Blairhame book-label)REFERENCE: BAL 13126
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- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100342
- Title
- Meliboeus-Hipponax. The Biglow Papers. Second Series
- Author
- LOWELL, James Russell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1867
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