Verses by Andrews Norton
by NORTON, ANDREWS
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
No place, no publisher, 1853, 1853. First edition. Fine copy.. 8vo, original blind-ruled black cloth, gilt lettering on the upper board. The only published volume of poetry by Andrews Norton (1786-1853), man of letters and conservative theologian from Cambridge, Mass., a slender volume of 16 poems. It was privately printed posthumously by Norton's family, and this copy bears a family inscription. Presentation on the front free endpaper: "Sarah P. Pratt / August 1854 / The Gift of Mrs. [Thomas] Wigglesworth." Mrs. Wigglesworth was Norton's sister Jane.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27517
- Title
- Verses by Andrews Norton
- Author
- NORTON, ANDREWS
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- No place, no publisher, 1853
- Date Published
- 1853
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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