Astraea: the Balance of Illusions. A Poem delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 14, 1850

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

$300 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. First Edition. First printing of 2500 copies. Blanck's State A . 12mo 18.5cm . In the first binding, of glazed, cream-colored printed boards; pale yellow endpapers; 39pp. Publisher's advertisement for Longfellow's Evangeline on rear cover. An unusually well-preserved copy, with some minor soiling to boards including a small translucent stain to rear cover;

• Printing: first

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