first edition
1896 · Boston
by LOWELL, A. [Abbott] Lawrence
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. First Edition. Two octavo volumes. Original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on spines; xiv,376; viii,455pp. Spines gently faded; light wear to board edges; a solid, Very Good set. No ownership markings or marginalia to text. Neatly laid in are 4 sheets of manuscript notes, apparently in Lowell's hand, indicating revisions and corrections for a new edition. Lowell (1856-1943) was President of Harvard from 1909-1933. The current volumes came to us through the trade with a number of other books with Lowell family provenance; the manuscript notes included here compare favorably with verified examples of Lowell's handwriting.
(Inventory #: 33950)