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Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1906. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 200 pages. In Good condition. Dark grey spine with gilted lettering. Boards have mild wear along the extremities, mild fraying along the tail fore and joint corners, a stain along the rear joint, and moderate age-toning along the spine. Textblock has soiling on most pages, stains on the rear end-pages and pastedowns, pencil markings on the rear pastedown, mild wear along the edges, moderate age-toning throughout, mild foxing along the tail edge, and gilting along the head edge. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 5. Cited by Myerson, A.4.1.C, as the Third Printing of the First Edition, even though stated Second Edition. Emily Dickinson was born December 10, 1830 in Amherst, MA. Dickinson was a well-behaved young girl taking an early liking to music and the piano. Dickinson was greatly affected by the death of her second cousin, giving her a lifelong fear of death and dying. This fear is apparent in…

About Poems

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

Identifying the First Edition of Poems

Identify by checking the name of the editor, which should be Thomas H. Johnson, and verify it was published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press in 1955.