JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: THE CATHEDRAL. Fields & Osgood, 1870. First Edition. Attractive green & gilt decorated cloth, beveled edges, tissued title page, brown end papers. VG collector condition. First Edition, First Printing BAL 13135. 

*N.B. This is the scarce and desirable original vintage 1st Edition, 1st Printing published in 1870, NOT THE FACSIMILE edition which is currently being offered for sale. 

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) American  poet, critic, editor of The Atlantic Monthly, and diplomat; one of the first American authors who rivaled the popularity of British poets and one of the few New England poets praised by Edgar Allan Poe. The two corresponded frequently between 1842-1844.

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