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Melville, Herman
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War. New York: Harpers & Brothers, 1866.
- Paper, Ink, cloth
8vo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in; 194 x 133 mm). Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and publisher's device stamped in blind on front and back cover. A very fine copy.
Literature
BAL 166
Catalogue Note
The first edition of melville's first book of poetry, including "The Martyr" Melville"s response to the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865. While it was not a commercial success at the time of its publication, Battle-Pieces is now regarded as one of the most important books of poems to come out of the Civil War.