Autograph fair copy, signed of "A Mystical Ballad." 10 stanzas

Lowell, James Russell

Published by Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1844

About this Item

3 pages inlaid with verso of second leaf addressed to G. R. Graham (Publisher) of Philadelphia. Folio 14 x 10 1/2 inches (36 x 26.5 cm). This manuscript was sold at auction by Anderson Galleries ("The Library of Louis J. Haber of New York City Part II") in 1909 Blue-gray crushed morocco with an arabesque border, with gilt dentelles with a leaf and flower motif, cream moire silk pastedowns and endsheets, a.e.g., by Stikeman. Light wear to the binding, faint old dampstain to watered silk endpapers, the manuscript with traces of the usual folds, a few restorations, loss to the foot of the second sheet, the poem itself complete but with apparent loss of some of Lowell's notes to Graham on the verso 3 pages inlaid with verso of second leaf addressed to G. R. Graham (Publisher) of Philadelphia. Folio 14 x 10 1/2 inches (36 x 26.5 cm).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Autograph fair copy, signed of "A Mystical Ballad." 10 stanzas
• Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 1844
• Binding: Hardcover
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