Poems of the Orient

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 1855 printing. Front and rear free endpapers removed, paste-down endpapers lightly foxed, 1 inch chip from spine base. 203, [5], 8 pp. A collection of poems by the diplomat and author whose poetry readings set records for attendance. He also produced a respected translation of Goethe's Faust. This collection and his Pennsylvania ballads are considered his best work.