Rebound and restored to a larger fromat in leather with headband by an unknown restorer. Cover not inserted, spine label blank. Page 44 with slight inner tear, no text obscured, unfolded dog ear to title page of Book 1. All pages clean of marks except page 30 with two light paranthesis in pencil, easily erased. Quite scarce and early. Inscription to final leaf, "Many Happy Returns! To Susie from Cousin ??? April 21, 91. FIRST SERIES, FOURTH EDITION. 1890 copyright. Unique copy precedes Second Series. Association undetermined.
This comprehensive and authoritative collection of all 1,775 poems by Emily Dickinson is an essential volume for all lovers of American literature. Only eleven of Emily Dickinson's poems were published prior to her death in 1886; the startling originality of her work doomed it to obscurity in her lifetime...