From Athena Rare Books ABAA, Fairfield, CT, U.S.A.
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TP + half title with Laurel device and a quote from Emily Dickinson on the verso + [3]-[41] = Photos by Benson with poetry interspersed + [42]-[43] = A Call by Fredrich Douglass + [44] = Photo of Robert Gould Shaw + [45]-[76] = A Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and His Soldiers by Augustus Saint-Gaudens by Lincoln Kirstein + [77]-[78] = Selected Reading + [79] = Acknowledgements, Square Octavo. First Edition.A Photo and Poetry Tribute to Shaw's Civil War Black RegimentThe title page reads in full: "LAY THIS LAUREL: An Album on the Saint-Gaudens Memorial on Boston Common Honoring Black and White Men Together Who Served the Union Cause with Robert Gould Shaw and Died with Him July 18, 1863"A beautiful homage and tribute to the first Black Regiment of the Civil War… over half of whom - along with their leader Shaw - died at the siege of Fort Wagner outside Charleston on July 18, 1863. Publisher's original black dust jacket with gilt device and lettering t the front panel and the spine over publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A pristine and beautiful copy of this moving tribute to the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer fantry and the man who led them into battle. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Seller Inventory # 1488
Bibliographic Details
Title: Lay This Laurel.
Publisher: Eakins Press, New York
Publication Date: 1973
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: FIRST EDITION.
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