William Winter — Poems

Boston, George W. Briggs & Co , 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Winter's scarce first book of poetry. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original blind stamped cloth. Dedicated to 'Henry Wadsworth Longfellow' who encouraged the young poet to publish this work. This poetical work was written by American dramatic critic and writer William Winter, and is the author's first published work which he wrote at only 18 years of age. The poems included in this volume were written during a period of four or five years and include works such as; 'Melancholy', 'The Valley of Life' and 'Beauty in Nature&apos. In his later life, Winter claimed to have destroyed all of his copies of the work, due to his dislike of it.Library copy from 'Frost Free Library' with a label to the front pastedown and the odd blind stamp. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, marks to the boards and spine, small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine with loss to the cloth to the tail. 'Frost Free Library' label to the front pastedown with light spotting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages with spotting throughout and the odd library blind stamp. Good . Ill.: None. Good .