Poems of Florus B. Plimpton -- family copy with original typed poems not included in the published book
Cincinnati: Mrs. F. B. Plimpton, 1886. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo (9,5 x 6.75 inches), red cloth, gilt decorated, very good, light wear and discoloration, contents very good, 154 (2) pp, illustrated. With 4 old sheets of typed poems -- "The Affections," "Kisses," and "The Blind Boy's Address to his Mother," not included in the published book. This is a family copy, from the collection of William Richard Perry, an architect in Pittsburgh, who married Plimpton's granddaughter, Cordelia Amanda Plimpton. Published by the author's wife, an accomplished artist, who, with a number of other women in Cincinnati, began the art pottery movement in America, and Illustrated, including by a number of the female Cincinnati artists with whom Cordelia Plimpton was associated. Florus Plimpton (1830-1886) was a journalist and editor, first associated with the Pittsburgh Dispatch, and from 1866 associated with various Cincinnati newspapers. RARE. Very Good. Item #H17254
Price: $125.00