1847 · New York
by Fairfield, Jane
New York: published by the author, G. W. Wood, printer, 1847. 12mo, pp. 132; mezzotint frontispiece portrait by the Scotsman Alexander Hay Ritchie, then of N.Y., who specialized in mezzotints; original brown blindstamped cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; text toned and slightly foxed, spine ends a little chipped and the cloth along the front joint partially cracked; all else very good. The book is dedicated to Fitz-Greene Halleck. "Born in western Massachusetts, Sumner Lincoln Fairfield was the son of a physician who grew up in humble circumstances after the death of his father. After education at Brown University he lived in Savannah; abandoning (truncated)