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Title: Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Author: Wheatley, Phillis Description: viii, 9-89, [3] pp. ([A]4, B-L4, M2). 5½x3¾, original leather-backed boards.Early American edition of the poems written by Phillis Wheatley, "Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England," first published in London in 1773. Heading: (American Imprints)Place Published: Albany Publisher: Re-Printed, from the London Edition, by Barber & Southwick, for Thomas Spencer, Bookseller Date Published: 1793 Condition reportBoards rubbed, paper covering peeled off in places; soiling to title-page, final leaf, the table of contents, with 1½x½" piece missing from lower fore-margin, just touching a few page numbers, else very good or better, rare in this original state.
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