Poems (2 vols, complete)

Lowell, James Russell. Poems (2 vols, complete). Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1849. Revised edition. Octavos. Vol.1: (xii) 251pp. Vol.2: (vii) 254pp. Brown cloth boards, with blind-stamped floral designs and ruling on the covers. Gilt lettering on the spines. The seminal two-volume collection of poems and sonnets by James Russell Lowell is a revision on the first edition of this collection published the previous year, and includes some omissions and additions. Bindings with some scratches, light stains and smudging to the covers. Heads & tails of spines, chipped and/or bumped. Extremities rubbed. Interior with the name of the previous owner in ink on the front free endpapers. Minor sporadic smudges and/or waters stains to some pages throughout. Starting at pg. 240 of vol.1, and pgs. 80 and 96 of vol.2. Bindings tight overall. Bindings in good- to good, interiors in very good- condition overall. g- to vg-. Hardcover.

* Name of Hellen Wall Pierson on the front free endpapers. (43753) $95