Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England

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A reprint of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England, reprinted for Thomas & Thomas by David Newhall in 1802. Book has leather spine and marbled paper-covered birch board covers. The marbled paper is not secured along the edges, and the boards are almost entirely exposed. Exposed boards have pressure-sensitive tape applied to spits at front and back. Interior pages are yellowing with some foxing. There is insect damage to the covers and the last few pages of the book.

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