Mary Ann H. Dodd — Poems

Hartford , Case, Tiffany and Burnham, 1844. First edition. Cloth. A delightful copy of this vanishingly scarce poetry collection from Mary Ann H. Dodd. A vanishingly scarce work. One copy found on auction in 1869. The first edition. In the original cloth binding, decoratively blind stamped. This is the first and seemingly sole publication from American poet Mary Ann H. Dodd, whose majority of works appeared in the annual Rose of Sharon. As well as poetry, Dodd contributed articles to The Ladies' Repository and earlier the Hermethenean, a magazine conducted by the students of Washington College, Hartford.Her poems are noted for their gentle melancholy and religious undertones. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and slight fading to the spine gilt text. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with scattered spotting throughout. Worming to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .