Amir Khan, and Other Poems: The Remains of Lucretia Maria Davidson, Who Died at Plattsburgh, N. Y August 27, 1825, Aged 16 Years. New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1829.
First Edition. Octavo, original salmon printed boards, later cloth spine and endpapers. Davidson, a very young and prolific female poet praised by Edgar Allan Poe, died at Plattsburgh on August 27, 1825, at the age of 16 years and 11 months of tuberculosis. A scarce collection of her works. Very Good, with edge and surface wear defacing to some extent the lettering to the boards, spine not unattractively rebound in brown cloth, later endpapers, text generally clean.
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