Item #020932 AMONG MY BOOKS. James Russell LOWELL.

AMONG MY BOOKS

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1876. Early Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-lettered brick cloth. First published in 1870, this copy has pasted to the first blank an early oval-shaped photograph of the poet on a 2-1/4" x 3-3/4" paper mount that is SIGNED "J. R. Lowell/13th June 1861." Lowell is quite uncommon in signed photographs. Chapters on witchcraft and Shakespeare, among others. Armorial bookplate with the name "Raymond" on the front pastedown. Photograph and signature close to Fine. Light soiling to covers; touch of fraying to spine tips. Near Fine. Item #020932

Price: $250.00