Poems
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. 8vo (19 x 13 cm). [x], 189 pages. Half-title. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Provenance: Barney Corey (presentation inscription from the author). Ends of spine chipped, a few stains on cloth, one leaf dog eared, otherwise clean. A very good plus copy in original condition. Item #406585
FIRST EDITION of Parson's first book, second issue, with leaves [1].6/7 cancels (the first issue is known only as a set of folded sheets, and therefore the second is the earliest obtainable issue). PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Parsons on the front free endpaper: "to Barney Corey Esq. with the regards and best wishes of T. W. P." The American dentist and poet, Thomas William Parsons, was educated at the Boston Latin School and studied Italian literature in Italy, publishing a translation of Dante's Inferno in 1843 (translations of portions of Purgatorio and Paradiso appeared later). BAL 15521.
Price: $100.00