The Poems of Maria Lowell. [Edited by James Russell Lowell.]

Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1907, 1907. First Riverside Press edition, (second edition overall) number 204 of 330 numbered copies. Cf. BAL 13083; Warde, Bruce Rogers, 58. One corner slightly bumped; fine copy.. 8vo, original gray paper boards and printed paper spine label, untrimmed. Frontis portrait. A slim volume of the accomplished poetry of Maria Lowell (1821-1853), the wife of James Russell Lowell and an ardent abolitionist and defender of the rights of women. James Russell Lowell compiled the 17 poems for an edition privately circulated in 1855; this second edition was handsomely designed by Bruce Rogers. Extra spine label tipped in. (Inventory #: 28732)