Item #54514 The life of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, Esq. In one volume. Jane Fairfield.
The life of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, Esq. In one volume
The life of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, Esq. In one volume

The life of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, Esq. In one volume

New York: published by the author, G. W. Wood, printer, 1847. 12mo, pp. 132; mezzotint frontispiece portrait by the Scotsman Alexander Hay Ritchie, then of N.Y., who specialized in mezzotints; original brown blindstamped cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; text toned and slightly foxed, spine ends a little chipped and the cloth along the front joint partially cracked; all else very good. The book is dedicated to Fitz-Greene Halleck. "Born in western Massachusetts, Sumner Lincoln Fairfield was the son of a physician who grew up in humble circumstances after the death of his father. After education at Brown University he lived in Savannah; abandoning a career in the ministry he traveled in Europe, taught school, and edited the North American Magazine. He died at an early age in New Orleans, whereupon his widow published a biography recounting his tenuous career as a man of letters" (spenserians.cath.vt.edu). Item #54514

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