"RECOLLECTION". IN THE ANNUAL REGISTER, OR A VIEW OF THE HISTORY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE, FOR THE YEAR 1772

Wheatley, Phillis

Published by Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall., London, 1773

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[4], 105, [1 blank], 65-256, 1-246, [9- Contents], [1 blank] pp. Bound in period full calf [front hinge cracked and barely holding; spine rubbed; original gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Occasional mild foxing, Very Good. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Ham Court, "a country garden with two kitchen gardens around a moated, former gate house of a 14th-century castle in Oxfordshire. It is around four acres of ornamental garden with constantly improved, shallow, free-draining, gravelly soil" [web site of Gardens Illustrated]. At page 214 [second count] the Publisher's Note explains: "Verses by a young African Negro Woman, at Boston in New-England; who did not quit her own country till she was ten years old, and has not been above eight in Boston." The Poem appears at pages 214-215. One of its earliest printings, the Poem first appeared in the 1772 London Magazine. Seller Inventory # 39267

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Title: "RECOLLECTION". IN THE ANNUAL REGISTER, OR A...

Publisher: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall., London

Publication Date: 1773

Binding: Soft cover

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