Incidental Poems Accompanied with Letters, and a Few Select Pieces, Mostly Original, For their Illustration, Together with a Preface, and a Sketch of the Author's Life

Published by A. W. Thayer, Haverhill, 1828

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First Edition. small octavo, original boards and a fraction of the spine cloth, rebacked with brown cloth and two printed paper labels on spine. (xxiv), 264 pp. A. W. Thayer, Known as the 'rustic bard of Londonderry' (New Hampshire), Robert Dinsmoor was the descendant of an immigrant to New England in the early eighteenth century. Dinsmoor was a poet of some note and used the Scots language with great skill in his work. His poetry is considered to be among the best examples of Scotch-Irish writing in America in the nineteenth century. Preface attributed to John Greenleaf Whittier. With a glossary of the Scots dialect used in the poems. Moderate foxing in about one-half of the pages. No tears to pages. small octavo, original boards and a fraction of the spine cloth, rebacked with brown cloth and two printed paper labels on spine.

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Title
Incidental Poems Accompanied with Letters, and a Few Select Pieces, Mostly Original, For their Illustration, Together with a Preface, and a Sketch of the Author's Life
Author
DISMOOR, Robert, "The Bard of New Hampshire"
Publisher
A. W. Thayer, Haverhill
Publication year
1828
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Hardcover
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First Edition.

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