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[New York];: G. P. Putman,, 1848.. First edition, State D; pp. 63 and 64 correctly paginated.. publisher's rust cloth.. 1889 ink ownership notation; slight use to cloth.. 12mo,. BAL 13062.
A FABLE FOR CRITICS; OR...A GLANCE AT A FEW OF OUR LITERARY PROGENIES... by [ Lowell, James R.] - 1848
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A FABLE FOR CRITICS; OR...A GLANCE AT A FEW OF OUR LITERARY PROGENIES...
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[ New York]: G.P. Putnam, 1848. 78pp. Early 20th century three quarter calf and marbled boards (half title and prelim blank retained). Early ink name, else a very nice copy. First edition (state D) of this early work. Bound in back is a prospectus for an undated Houghton Mifflin reprint of this work. BAL 13062.
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A Fable for Critics; or, Better...A Glance at a few of Our Literary Progenies....
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...A fable for critics; or, better...a glance at a few of our literature progenies...from the tub of Diogenes; a vocal musical medley. Tha is, a series of jokes by a wonderful quiz..
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[New York]: G.P. Putnam, Set forth October, the 21st day, in the year [18]48. First edition, second printing, small 8vo, pp. [1], v, 80; publisher's tan boards (soiled), paper label on spine, shelf wear, hinges weak; foxing. At head of title: "Reader! walk up at once (it will soon be too late) and buy at a perfectly ruinous rate..." Title page printed in red and black. One leaf of publisher's advertisements bound in front. BAL 13063.
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New York: G. P. Putnam. Very Good. (1848). Hardcover. 80 pages, brown paper-covered boards, spine is chipped and torn, covers are slightly soiled with scuffing at edges. Contents are lightly toned with some foxing. A Good copy .
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A FABLE FOR CRITICS; Or, Better, (I like, as a thing that the reader's first fancy may strike, an old-fashioned title-page, such as presents a tabular view of the volume's contents). A Glance At a Few Of Our Literary Progenies (Mrs. Malaprop's word) From
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Ticknor and Fields, Boston: 1856., 1856 pp. v, 80. Title page printed in red and black. Paste downs and end papers foxed. Slight browning. 8vo. Original full embossed purple cloth binding. Extremities worn. Second Edition. "A Fable for Critics is a book-length poem by American writer James Russell Lowell, first published anonymously in 1848. The poem made fun of well-known poets and critics of the time and brought notoriety to its author." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! HUMOR 8 0.0. Hardcover. Good.
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[New York]: G. P. Putnam, 1848. Second edition. Bound in publisher's original plain brown paper boards, rebacked with red cloth. Minor wear at corners, some foxing throughout text, otherwise good.
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[New York]: G. P. Putnam, 1848. First Edition. Fourth state, per BAL, with pp.63-64 correctly paginated. 12mo (20cm). Plum cloth, blindstamped, titled in gilt on spine; [iv],[i]-[iv] [5]-78pp; publisher's ad facing title page. T.p. printed in black and red. Sound and straight but faded and rubbed at extremities, heavily foxed: Good. "A satiric jeu d'esprit in verse surveying the state of letters in the United States" (ANB). BAL 13062.
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