Poems (Signed. First Edition.)

Augustus Julian Requier

Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1860

Author's gift inscription in a fine hand on front free endpaper inscribed to "Henry McIver Esq". Publisher's pebble grain brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. vi, 190 pp. CONTENTS / POEMS INCLUDE:- Introduction to Crystalline- Crystalline - the Created- The Image- Ode to Shakespeare- Sly Cupid- Treasure-trove- Midsummer-day's Dream- The Thornless Rose- The Phantasmagoria - A Poetical Fantasy- My Flower, my Gem, and my Star!- Farewell Address to the Palmetto Regiment- Welcome to the Same- To Mary- To Little Mollie- The Dial-plate- Margaret- Anges Dew- Life- The Star-watch- A Charm- Iron Chimes- Unspoken- Hail to the Free!- Song- Marco Bozzaris - A PlayCONDITION: Moderate external wear with some discoloration. Hinges are strong. Binding is tight and solid. Continuous dampstain along the head and occasionally bottom corner of textblock, yet text itself remains uncompromised. Mildly foxed throughout ABOUT THE AUTHOR & THIS BOOK: "Augustus Julian Requier (1825-1887), was born at Charleston, South Carolina, May 27, 1825. He was educated in that city, and having selected the law as his profession, was called to the bar in 1844. From a very early age Mr. Requier was a regular contributor to the newspapers and periodicals, and in his seventeenth year published The Spanish Exile, a play in blank verse, which was acted with success. A year or two after he published The Old Sanctuary, a romance, the scene of which is laid in Carolina before the Revolution. He soon after removed to Marion, South Carolina, where, during the leisure intervals which occur in the life of a country barrister, many of his more mature and elaborate pieces in prose and verse were composed. These Poems were collected in book form in 1860. Mr. Requier subsequently removed to Mobile, Alabama, where he attained distinction in his professional pursuits. He was Attorney of the United States for the southern district of Alabama for eight years, and held a similar office under the 'Confederate States.' After the end of the war, he removed to New York city." (lawlit dot net/lp-2001/requier dot html)ABOUT HENRY MCIVER, ESQ., TO WHOM THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR:Henry McIver, (1841 to 1907), was a soldier of fortune who fought for 18 countries. McIver spent first ten years of his life in Virginia, USA, and then he was sent to his uncle, General Donald Graham, to finish school and prepare for West Point. General Graham - an experienced warrior and adventurer - influenced young Henry very much."Instead of West Point, McIver joined the private army of the East India Company when he was only 16 years old. He was sent to India in 1858. At that time, the Sepoy Mutiny (Sepoy - native soldiers in the East Indian Company army) raged in India. In his first battle, McIver was seriously wounded. In 1860, McIver fought under Giuseppe Garibaldi in Italy, and after that joined the pretender for the Spanish crown, Don Carlos. When the American Civil War broke out, Henry McIver joined the Confederate side. Although he was only 20 years old at the time he was already an experienced soldier. While fighting for the Confederates, he was under the command of three famous Confederate generals: Jackson, Stewart and Smith. At the end of the war, he challenged a Union officer, Major Tomlin, to a duel, which he won, running Tomlin through the body. When the Confederacy capitulated, McIver fled to Mexico, where he joined Emperor Maximilian in fighting Jurez's rebels. In Mexico he was captured by Indians, and escaped three months later by swimming across the Rio Grande. He fought at Monterrey, and for his deeds received the title of count. When the Jurez rebellion was successful, Maximilian was executed, and McIver fled to Tampico, where he boarded a ship and left for South America. In the War of 1877-1878, McIver offered his services to the Serbians, initially being commissioned a colonel of volunteers and later rising to the rank of general and overall cavalry commander of the Serbian con. Seller Inventory # 029276

Bibliographic Details

Title: Poems (Signed. First Edition.)
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Publication Date: 1860
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good -
Signed: Inscribed by the author
Edition: First Edition.