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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