Description

• First UK Printing [James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, & Co, London, 1891]; 158pp; yellow cloth, gilt titling, ink tracings over gilt, spine darkened, spine ends chipped, boards bumped & rubbed at extremities, small marks, ffep removed, gift inscription on first prelim, inner front hinge starting but firm, slight offsetting to endpapers, ghost darkening on 30-31pp from small newspaper clipping [now removed]; a very good copy
• Emily Dickinson [1830-1886] died in relative obscurity with only a few poems receiving publication in literary journals during her lifetime. This is the first collation of work found en masse after her death.
• Edited By Two Of Her Friends, Mabel Loomis Todd & T.W. Higginson
• First published in the US [Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1890]
• James Osgood was a prominent publisher in Boston before working at Harpers Magazine. With the company’s permission he re-entered the publishing business in London, partnering with Clarence McIlvaine. Hence the Harper & Brothers imprint at the base of this book’s spine.
• This collection of 115 poems was followed up with publication of Poems: Second Series [1891] & Poems: Third Series [1896]
• A scarce & important book