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The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck. Now First Collected. Illustrated with Steel Engravings, from Drawings by American Artists, Third Edition, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1868, 286 pp, with seven engravings including frontis and title page, full blind leather, 8.5 x 6.5”, 8vo. In good condition. Finely bound in attractive blind embossed leather. A lovely Victorian binding! Light wear to extremities with more moderate rubbing to corners, joints and end bands. Light surface scuffing on boards. Leather remains clean and rich in color. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers clean and free of ownership. Interior lightly toned with scattered foxing at times. Light offsetting from plates, all tissue guards intact. Free of known markings. Binding tight and intact. A sound copy. Please see photos. Third edition. Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867) was an American poet known for his wit and satires. He was almost a member of the “Knickerbocker Group” in New York. From 1832 to 1849 he served as John Jacob Astor’s private secretary and later served as an original trustee for the Astor Library. Well like during the 19th century, he is most known for the satire written with Joseph Drake of New York society known as the “Croakers” in 1819. He is the only American poet tin the “Literary Walk” in Central Park, New York City. COLL1868ABFN
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