1893 1st/2d Print., Dorothy Q, Boston Tea Party, O. W. Homes, Illustrated

Description: 18931st Edition/2d PrintingDorothy Q, Together with a Ballad of the Boston Tea Partyand Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill BattleAuthor: Oliver Wendell HolmesIllustrated by Howard Pyle2d printing because of "clashed" on p. 50 line 8 (1st printing stated "flashed") (see photo) Very Good condition (see photos)No writingBinding is tightNo foxingOver 50 full-page drawings by Pyle, as well as decorative half-titles, head & tailpieces for a total of 95 images (see photos)pp. 131Dimensions: 8" x 5" x 1/2""Dorothy Q” is a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that was first published in 1830. It is a tribute to his great-grandmother, Dorothy Quincy, who was the aunt of Josiah Quincy Jr., a fervent patriot who died on a shipboard as he returned from England after hostilities had begun1. The poem describes the life of Dorothy Q and her family, and it is considered one of Holmes’s most famous works.“A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party” is another poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that was first published in 1874. It tells the story of the Boston Tea Party, which took place on December 16, 1773, and was a key event leading up to the American Revolution. The poem describes the events leading up to the Tea Party, as well as the aftermath of the event.“The Grandmother’s Story of Bunker Hill Battle” is a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that was first published in 1875. It tells the story of the Battle of Bunker Hill, which took place on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The poem describes the events leading up to and during the battle from the perspective of an elderly woman who witnessed it from her home in Charlestown.

Price: 50 USD

Location: Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

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