Description
The first edition of Poems by Sidney Lanier, his first collection of poetry.
Twelvemo, [2], 94pp, [4]. Publisher’s maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Brown endpapers. The “State A” binding, with the publisher’s device stamped in blind on the rear cover, as described in BAL. Light rubbing to rear board. Internally clean, solid endpapers. A near fine example.
(BAL 11249)
Lanier’s first collection of poetry, published during his lifetime, including Corn, The Symphony, Psalm of the West, In Absence, Rose-Morals, and other early poems. The volume helped establish Lanier’s literary reputation and preceded his appointment as lecturer at Johns Hopkins University in 1879.
