first edition Softcover
1874 · Philadelphia
by LAZARUS, Emma
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1874. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 214, [2]pp. Printed beige paper wrappers. Light erosion at base of the spine, some soiling and light edgewear, very good. Author's second book for adults, preceded by a volume of juvenilia. In the 1880s she worked for the relief of new American immigrants and penned her stirring sonnet "The New Colossus," immortalized in bronze at the base of the Statue of Liberty. *BAL* 11486 Variant A (in wrappers). The wrappered issue is very scarce. (Inventory #: 552659)