signed first edition Stapled Binding
1863 · Albany
by Dean, John Ward
Albany: J. Munsell, 1863. First Thus. Stapled Binding. Fair. Signed by author. First thus. Signed on front wrapper by author with inscription, "Rev. John L. Libbey with the regards of John W. Dean." Front wrapper loose but included, rear wrapper creased. 1863 Stapled Binding. 20 pp. Sabin 19034. One of 100 copies. "Michael Wigglesworth (1631รข1705) was a Puritan minister, physician, and poet whose poem The Day of Doom was a bestseller in early New England. Wigglesworth believed that he was essentially not worthy of believing in God as a result of his depraved humanity. When he underwent a series of nocturnal emissions in his early life, he was thereafter convinced of his damnation. Through his diaries, he recounts his struggle to remain pure and good, despite continually relapsing into what he viewed as man's natural depravity. (Inventory #: 2315782)