Emily Dickinson by Pollitt, Josephine - 1930: The Human Background of Her Poetry

Harper & Brothers, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Part of American critic and poet William H. Matchett's personal library, with his name on the front endpaper and his notes and marginalia scattered throughout. First Edtion. A Good copy. No dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, a cocked spine, soiling to covers and edges of text block, toning to pages, and aforementioned name and notes. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.

Harper & Brothers, 1930. hardcover. Good/Missing. 9x6x1. Stated First Edition, printing letters A-E. Former historical society copy with bookplate inside front cover, raised stamping on title page. Small tear at top of spine, other exterior wear. No text markings noted.

Cooper Square Pub, 1930T. hardcover. Good. 1.5000 in x 9.5000 in x 6.5000 in. EX LIBRARY BOOK

Cooper Square Publishers, 1985-12. Hardcover. Good.

Harper & Brothers. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (American Poets, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo. [6], vii-xii, [2], 1-350, [2] pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with a paper label printed in black and green on the front board, one on the spine as well; grey topstain. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Emily Dickinson and with twenty-three plates. With a postcard from an Indiana bookseller to a young female reader who wanted to know about the price of the book laid in (the bookseller, from Portland, Maine, has left a stamp on the rear free endpaper). Pollitt's biography of Emily Dickinson tells a story of Dickinson's love for the husband of Helen Hunt Jackson, a Lieutenant Hunt. Pollitt's biography also discusses Dickinson's childhood and education, attempting to explain her famous isolation from society. Dickinson's poems are sprinkled throughout the chapters. Top textblock toned, a tiny split to each hinge; jacket is price-clipped with notable edge wear and toning to its spine panel.