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HOLLAND, J.G. (JOSIAH GILBERT) Bitter-Sweet: A Poem -- Thirtieth Edition [Bittersweet]
Charles Scribner & Co. New York, 1869. Thirtieth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Original brown cloth hardcover binding with gold lettering & borders. 220 pages. Light stain to base of first section of pages along spine, average shelf wear. Binding tight. Picture; Persons; Prelude; FIRST MOVEMENT - COLLOQUIAL: The Question Stated and Argued; FIRST EPISODE: The Question Illustrated by Nature; SECOND MOVEMENT - NARRATIVE: The Question Illustrated by Experience; SECOND EPISODE: The Question Illustrated by Story; THIRD MOVEMENT - DRAMATIC: The Question Illustrated by the Denouement; L'Envoy. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Josiah Gilbert Holland, (1819 - 1881), novelist and poet, born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, helped to found and edit Scribner's Monthly (afterwards the Century Magazine), in which appeared his novels, Arthur Bonnicastle, The Story of Sevenoaks, Nicholas Minturn. In poetry he wrote "Bitter Sweet" (1858), "Kathrina", and many others. Holland and his wife were frequent correspondents and family friends of poet Emily Dickinson." -- Wikipedia.
Offered for US$ 4.50 by: Yesterday's Muse Books - Book number: 066379