[Rarebooks] FS: J.R. Lowell's UNDER THE WILLOWS with INSCRIPTION by Benjamin Shillaber to His Daughter

[Charles Agvent]

LOWELL, James Russell. UNDER THE WILLOWS AND OTHER POEMS. Boston: 
Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869. First Edition. Publisher's gilt-decorated 
green cloth; BAL 13129: State C, Binding C. An interesting copy 
INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the popular 19th Century author Benjamin 
Shillaber to his daughter on the front blank: "To my daughter Lydia/with 
a/Christmas Blessing./B. P. Shillaber/Dec. 25, 1868." With the signature 
or ink stamp of L. Shillaber on the top of the title page. One of 
Shillaber's characters, Mrs. Partington, was Mark Twain's model for Aunt 
Polly in TOM SAWYER. Shillaber also, in 1851, became the founding editor 
of THE CARPET-BAG, one of the country's first comic publications. An 
1852 issue ran a short article titled "The Dandy Frightening the 
Squatter" by a 16-year-old Samuel L. Clemens. Ink in inscription a bit 
faded but still very readable. Spine tips lightly frayed; hinges cracked 
with the bottom cord of the front hinge broken. Cloth rather clean and 
bright. Good. (#020931)        $150

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