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Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems
by Halleck, Fitz-Greene
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Published by G. & C. Carvill, / Elliot & Palmer, Printers, 1827. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 64 pages. Hardcover bound in early full leather with gilt rolls on the edges of the covers and some gilt designs and a burgundy leather label on the spine. The binding is worn but sound. A small paper label is affixed near the foot of the spine. Front hinge starting. The binding is a bit mottled, as if it were covered in some glossy treatment which is partly rubbed away. Early library bookplate on the front pastedown is crudely torn away, exposing some board beneath. An early price is written upside-down on the rear pastedown. Endpapers foxed; text is toned. Author's name is written in pencil on the title page. Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867) was a popular poet in the early 19th century and was considered the "American Byron." He was born and raised in Guilford, Connecticut and was part of the "Knickerbocker Group." Halleck never married, and it has been suggested by his biographer that he was gay and was in love with his best friend and fellow writer, Joseph Rodman Drake. Halleck served as best man at Drake's wedding and he wrote of his love for his friend and his sorrow at the marriage. This volume also contains a poem "On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake" written in 1820. A scarce book. The last copy reported to sell at an established Book Auction was in 1945 (Parke-Bernet) and it appears that the same book (from the 1945 record) appeared in the Scribner Catalogue of 1950. A 1939 catalogue (also Scribners) says of this title, "One of the scarcest books of American poetry, this contains Halleck's best work: the stirring Marco Bozzaris, and the exquisite lines On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047295
- Title
- Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems
- Author
- Halleck, Fitz-Greene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Published by G. & C. Carvill, / Elliot & Palmer, Printers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1827
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1927; Fitz-Green Halleck; Poetry; Poem; Rare; Leather binding; Plates; 19th century; Gay Writers; Homosexual.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Hinge
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Bookplate
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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