Author: IRVING, WASHINGTON.
Title: Biography and Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson.
Description: Philadelphia Lea & Blanchard, 1841. 2nd ed of 1st ed, 1841. Size [vii, 359p, adverts] (A short biography of a girl in New York dying before age sixteen in 1838, who caught the attention of Irving & others because of her precocious ability in the area of poetry & short stories, & her religious faith, making use of personal correspondence written by her & her mother, to which is added her poems & stories.) Dark brown cloth hardboards with gold emblem & design stamped into covers & gold lettering on spine, covers lightly scuffed, spine ends chipped 3/8 & 1/4 inch, torn spine edges repaired using pva, corners & lower & upper edges almost entirely worn through cloth, page ends browned, yellow end papers very soiled & stained in centre area, old public library bookplate over previous bookplate & staining on front pastedown, & old pocket on back pastedown, pages very good though faintly browned & occasional brown spot or smudge especially on title & half-title pages, tight binding & unmarked text, Good

Keywords: Christian religion; Poetry; American;


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