THE LITERARY REMAINS OF MARTHA DAY; WITH REV. DR. FITCH'S ADDRESS AT HER FUNERAL; AND SKETCHES OF HER CHARACTER

New Haven: Printed by Hezekiah Howe & Co., 1834. vi,[2],121pp. 12mo. Contemporary black morocco, a.e.g. Extremities worn, but sound, light foxing to text, heavier to binder's blanks, but a good, sound copy. First edition of the collected works in verse by the daughter of President Jeremiah Day of Yale, "designed for very limited distribution - the number of copies printed being not many more than sufficient to supply friends, and others who have expressed a desire to obtain the work." With a preface, and likely edited by, Hannah L. Chappell. Martha died on 2 Dec. 1833, aged 21, and her obituary and essays about her by various hands are collected here. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 24118. (Inventory #: WRCLIT45614)