Lot 183
First published African-American female poet.- Wheatley (Phyllis) Recollection, in the Annual register for 1772, 1773.
Hammer Price: £250
Description
First published African-American female poet.- Wheatley (Phyllis) Recollection, in the Annual Register for the year 1772, pp.214-215 in part 2, occasional spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1773.
⁂ 'Verses by a young African Negro Woman, at Boston in New-England; who did not quit her own country till she was ten years old, and has not been above eight in Boston'.
Provenance: W.M. Owen, Woodhouse (engraved armorial bookplate).
Description
First published African-American female poet.- Wheatley (Phyllis) Recollection, in the Annual Register for the year 1772, pp.214-215 in part 2, occasional spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1773.
⁂ 'Verses by a young African Negro Woman, at Boston in New-England; who did not quit her own country till she was ten years old, and has not been above eight in Boston'.
Provenance: W.M. Owen, Woodhouse (engraved armorial bookplate).
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