Consisting of the following: Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: Daisy’s Necklace: And What Became of It. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. First Edition. Publisher’s red cloth; very good. The author’s mother’s copy, signed twice and initialed once by her. The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1858. First Edition; first state. Publisher’s red cloth; fine. Inscribed on the front endpaper (but not signed) by the author, “For Mother.” The Ballad of Babie Bell. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1859. First Edition. Publisher’s brown cloth; very good or better. With the author’s bookplate. Pampinea and Other Poems. New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1861. First Edition. Publisher’s brown cloth; fine. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author “For Mother” and signed by him on the first blank. The Little Violinist. Cambridge: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1880. First Separate Edition; issued three years earlier in another volume; publisher’s wrappers; a little soiled; very good or better. XXXVI Lyrics and XII Sonnets. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1881. First Edition (BAL State 2 - no priority is mentioned); publisher’s wrappers; very good. At the top of the front wrapper, Aldrich has written “First Edition.” From Ponkapoag to Pesth. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1883. First Edition; first printing. Apparently the author’s own copy; Aldrich has written “First Edition” on the title page and corrected in ink the mistake on page 265 that distinguishes the first two printings. The business card of the guide and interpreter from Tangier mentioned in the book is mounted on the front free-endpaper. XXXVI Lyrics and XII Sonnets. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. Later edition. Publisher’s wrappers; some soiling; very good; gift inscription; signed and dated by the author in 1892. Judith and Holoferness. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896. First Edition; large-paper issue; some pages unopened; very good. The Sonnets of John Milton. London: Kegan, Paul Trench, 1883. Very good. With Aldrich’s signature and a two line note in his hand in the text. De Quincey, Thomas: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1856. Publisher’s cloth; some splitting and chipping; good to very good. With Aldrich’s ownership signature, dated 1851 (presumably 1857).

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