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Hardcover. Gray cloth with beveled edges. Gold lettering on cover and spine with gold 'indian pipes' on cover. Gold is much faded. Gray cloth rubbed and corners bumped. This copy has been professionally restored with original spine strip laid down over new cloth (gray) binding, which is only visible in a narrow strip at the front hinge. New headbands. New hinges visible at endpapers. Binding is now good and tight. Title page dated 1892; copyright page dated 1891. Paper repair has been done to top corner of first 4 leaves. 4 page facsimile of a poem in Dickinson's handwriting present at the front. 230 pages. No statement of edition on the copyright page. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper, 'For Delia with a father's love, Christmas 1891.' The paper throughout is somewhat brittle and the foreedges have some minor bumps and chips. However, the binder has brought it all back together (extensive invisible paper repair and fully resewn binding) nicely. Some bumps and chips here and there, too minor to enumerate but definitely a part of the character of this copy. Dickinson's second series was first published in 1891 in a very small edition; this copy with 1892 on the title page is likely the second printing ('Triumphant' on page 29) - but the inscription on the endpaper dated December 1891 shows that it was very early and very quickly sold. Please email with questions and to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book.

An extensive collection of Emily Dickinson's poetry, presented in its original unaltered form as edited by Thomas H. Johnson.