Songs of the Sierras

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American edition. First American edition, likely first issue text and binding as per the BAL. "Thoughts About Art" on page [i] and R B with a star in between at foot of spine. [xii], 299 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamping, brown endpapers, gilt topstain. Very Good+ with light rubbing and a little insecting to cloth, penciled marks on a few pages. Poetry of the American West, rare in the first issue binding. Contains poems not in the earlier London edition. BAL 13751. (Inventory #: 140947001)