The Culprit Fay and Other Poems

The first edition of this important anthology of poetry by Joseph Rodman Drake, posthumously published. The first edition.In a custom cloth chemise.An anthology of poems by the early American poet Joseph Rodman Drake.Drake is considered to be part of the 'Knickerbocker group'. He died at the age of 25 of consumption, this anthology being published posthumously.'The Culprit Fay' is Drake's best known poem, and is considered to be one of the best American poems ever written. The other poems in this anthology include 'Leon', 'Lines written in a Lady's Album', 'Lines on leaving New Rochelle', and the popular patriotic cantata 'The American Flag'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and an engraved title.Label to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in a custom cloth chemise. Externally, a little worn, with some marks to the cloth. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Tear to the tail of the joints. Gilt is a little rubbed. Front hinge is tender. Label to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional scattered spot. Very light bumping to the chemise, in a near fine condition. Good.…