Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson by DICKINSON, EMILY - 1982

USA: Avenel Books, 1982. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback First Avenel Books Printing. Original editions edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T. W. Higginson. Introduction by George Gesner. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked blue-green cloth binding. tight & solid. Book has a partially torn out label from a previous owner on the front endpaper, Clean, tight, unmarked, no edgewear. Jacket is clean and bright, with colorful illustrations of roses on front, minimal edgewear with one small closed tear on the lower edge. This is a complete collection of the first three volumes of poetry published posthumously in 1890, 1891 and 1896. They contain some of Emily Dickinson's best-known poems. Her poems were never published in her lifetime--her sister found them shortly after she died. It was in the 20th century that Dickinson was finally recognized as one of the great poets. Her poems were a departure from the strict formal classicists who preceded her. 256 pages. 5.6 x 8.5 inches. Avenel Books, New York, 1982.