Trifles in Verse: A Collection of Fugitive Poems.
Cincinnati: Robinson and Jones, 1845. Item #601 8vo. 190 x 125 mm. [7 ½ x 5 inches]. 184 pp. Illustrated with a lithographic portrait of the author by Rouse. Original cloth; scuffed and soiled, with some fading of the color; tide marks and some foxing. First edition. Attractive and early lithograph by Samuel Rowse from a daguerreotype by Hawkins of Cincinnati. Lewis J. Cist was a successful banker, local historian, and poet, who published most of his works in the Western Monthly Magazine and in Cists’ Weekly Advertiser from 1847 to 1853. He was also a notable collector of autographs, the sale of which was organized by Bangs & Co., New York in five sessions in 1886 and 1887. Sabin, Dictionary of Books Relating to America, 13156. McKay, American Book Auction Catalogues, p. 14 and index.
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