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Trifles in Verse: A Collection of Fugitive Poems
by Cist, Lewis J
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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Cincinnati, OH: Robinson and Jones. Very Good-. 1845. First Edition. Original cloth. A first edition in Very Good- condition with cocked spine, bumped corners, rubbed covers, front hinge starting, soiled pages, bookplate of Louis S. Hardy to front pastedown, previous owners' names and addresses to front pastedown and front flyleaf. Illus. Original decorative green cloth, gilt bouquet to front board. Newspaper and magazine clippings laid in; Cist contributed poetry to the Western Monthly Review and The Hesperian before he went into banking in 1850. Thomson 226; Ex-Libris; small 8vo; [i-ix] x [xi] xii, [13] 14-184, [6] pages; GinsID1432; TRIFLES IN VERSE: A COLLECTION OF FUGITIVE POEMS. Cincinnati, Robinson, 1845. 184pp. Illus., engraved frontis. port. Original gold decorated small 8vo cloth. First edition of his only published work. He contributed poetry to the Western Monthly Review and the Hesperian before he went into the banking business in 1850. Harris Collection p.56. The port is a Hawkins daguerre on stone by Rowse. Thomson 226.; OP:200 .
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- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50092
- Title
- Trifles in Verse: A Collection of Fugitive Poems
- Author
- Cist, Lewis J
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robinson and Jones
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati, OH
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- Poetry Poems, Collectible OP Rare, Ginsb CSM
- Bookseller catalogs
- By Year Of Issue / 1840s;
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