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LOWELL, James Russell (1819-1891). Ode Recited at the Commemoration of the Living and Dead Soldiers of Harvard University, July 21, 1865. Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1865.
4° (245 x 174 mm). Title printed in red and black. Original boards, printed paper label on upper cover (some wear and chipping to extremities, hinges starting); red morocco folding case gilt. Provenance: E[phraim] W[hitney] Gurney (presentation inscription from Lowell; sold Sotheby’s New York, 23 April 1986, Lot 216).
LIMITED EDITION, number 37 of 50 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LOWELL: “Mr. E.W. Gurney with cordial regard from J.R.L. 3rd Septr 1865.” Gurney, who graduated from Harvard in 1852, was a professor of philosophy and history, and he served as the first Dean of the Faculty of Harvard College. From 1868 until about 1870, Gurney and Lowell were co-editors of the North American Review, at which point, they transferred the editorship on to Henry Adams (Gurney’s brother-in-law). BAL 13120; Streeter sale VII:4204.
4° (245 x 174 mm). Title printed in red and black. Original boards, printed paper label on upper cover (some wear and chipping to extremities, hinges starting); red morocco folding case gilt. Provenance: E[phraim] W[hitney] Gurney (presentation inscription from Lowell; sold Sotheby’s New York, 23 April 1986, Lot 216).
LIMITED EDITION, number 37 of 50 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LOWELL: “Mr. E.W. Gurney with cordial regard from J.R.L. 3rd Septr 1865.” Gurney, who graduated from Harvard in 1852, was a professor of philosophy and history, and he served as the first Dean of the Faculty of Harvard College. From 1868 until about 1870, Gurney and Lowell were co-editors of the North American Review, at which point, they transferred the editorship on to Henry Adams (Gurney’s brother-in-law). BAL 13120; Streeter sale VII:4204.