Dawes, Rufus. Geraldine, Athenia of Damascus, and Miscellaneous Poems (Library of American Poetry). New-York: Samuel Colman, 1839. First Edition. [10932]
Teal publisher's cloth decorated in blind & gilt, faded, corners and ends worn, ouline from removed label to spine. Old ex library matter including a bookplate with markered X over it, no. "59" in ink on the tp. Frontispiece; extra engraed title page with vignette; cream end papers, 343 pages, 10 pp. publisher's catalogue; dark foxing to plates, lighter in the text. Fair. Hardcover.
BAL 4591.
Rufus Dawes (1803-1859), a native of Boston. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym "Samuel Smythe."
