Buy this book on-line Larcom, Lucy : PoemsFields, Osgood, and Company, Boston, MA, 1869
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. 5" x 7 1/4." 275 pages, complete. Former owner's inscription in black ink on a front flyleaf: "To Cynthia, from mother, March 10th 1869." Printer's information on verso of half-title: "University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge." Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. There appears to have been some glue repair on the front endpaper along the hinge. Back hinge is slightly worn. Lucy Larcom (1824-1893) was an American teacher, author, and poet. She was one of the first teachers at the Wheat Female Seminary (now Wheaton College) and was a respected writer in her time. This book contains many poems by Larcom. The poems range in subject; many include language evoking scenic landscapes; others are more serious in tone and are about the Civil War. One of her more famous poems, "A Loyal Woman's No," is included in this book and was especially popular during the war. The poems are organized in the following categories: "Seaside and Hillside," "Child and Woman," "From Without," "War-Memories," "Miscellaneous," and "Devotional." Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 11327.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Larcom, Lucy : Poems. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres illustrées, livres anciens, rare books and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |