[Bronte, Charlotte and Emily- Very Scarce First American Issue] Poems

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. First American Edition. First American Edition. 12mo. iv, (13)-176 pp.; without the 24 pp. ads at rear, only found in a few copies. Bound in the scarce original publisher's pale green paper-covered boards, lacking paper covering over spine, boards lightly soiled; all edges trimmed; contemporary ownership signature in pencil on front paste-down and on title-page; small crease to bottom corners of pp. 137-146. Smith 1, pp. 14-15 The scarce first American edition, published on August 12, 1848, only two years following the English first issue, and preceding the second English issue. (Inventory #: 6576)