London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.
Price: $400.00
Hardcover. First English edition of this collected group of poems, selected by Stedman for the English reader; essentially this is the first English edition of his first commercially published book, issued in the U.S. in 1860, additions from his later work. No exact U.S. edition. Octavo. 238, 4 (ads), 32 (publisher's catalogue) pp. Beveled blue cloth boards stamped in gilt and green. Some rubbing at the extremities of the boards, scattered foxing in the text, overall very good. Stedman's own copy Signed: "Edmund Clarence Stedman. My private copy of this, my 1st edition. New York. 71 West 54th St. Dec. 16th, 1879." Beneath this Stedman has later Inscribed the book: "To John Albee. April 20th, 1882." *BAL* 18731.
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