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1914 · 021005 — New York: Privately Printed 1914. As New condition in a Very Good publisher's glassine dust jacket and worn original green paper-covered board slipcase. The dust jacket would be FINE but for one short closed tear and a couple very tiny chips. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh and crisp obviously never read. This is number 29 of 50 copies on Van Gelder paper out of a total edition of 550 copies. Printed by the DeVinne Press. This is a collector-quality fully descriptive bibliography of the first editions of the first book appearances of the works of James Russell Lowell. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait in sepia and a few full-page facsimiles. Title-page printed in red and black. Two gilt-stamped red leather or leatherette labels on spine the second reading "Van Gelder Edition.". First Edition 1 of only 50 copies. Hardcover. As New/Very Good DJ in worn slipcase. xvii 137pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Printed Hardcover