THE LITERARY REMAINS OF JOHN G[ardiner C[alkins]. BRAINARD; with a sketch of his life
first edition
1832 · Hartford
by WHITTIER, J[ohn] G[reenleaf]
Hartford: P.B. Goodsell, 1832. First Edition. 8vo, pp. vi, 228. Bound in later full calf (little rubbed along the foredge and along the hinges), teg, with gilt dentelles by Stikeman. With the bookplate of Charles B. Foote designed by E.D. French. Whittier's second book. BAL 1332, 21678 ; Currier pp. 21-22. Brainard (1796-1828] was a poet, author of "Occasional Pieces of Poetry" praised by Whittier but damned by Poe. (Inventory #: 49269)