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The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich were published in 9 3/4 leather bound volumes with marble paper in 1907 by Houghton MIffin and Co. Appears to be a complete collection of his writings published right after his death. Very lovely morocco (leather) with lovely gold gilt design. LIghts up any book shelf. Like the book but dont like the price!. Make an offer today, were here to sell books not watch them collect dust on the shelf!!. All reasonable offers considered!. More you buy the better prices get!. So p lease see our other listings . We specialize in early dust jackets 1900-1930, general first editions, 19th and early 20th century presidential biography and fine leather bindings. PLEASE SEE CONDITION SECTION AT TOP OF PAGE JUST ABOVE PRICE FOR MORE DETAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. ITEMS ARE RETURNABLE FOR ANY REASON IF CONTACTED WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF RECIEPT AND RETURNED WITHIN 30 DAYS. HOWEVER TO SAVE YOUR TIME AND MINE PLEASE ASK ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE BUYING. IF THER IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE CLARIFED OR DONT UNDERSTAND PLEASE ASK. As per wikipedia Aldrich wrote both in prose and verse. He was well known for his form in poetry. His successive volumes of verse, chiefly The Ballad of Babie Bell (1856), Pampinea, and Other Poems (1861), Cloth of Gold (1874), Flower and Thorn (1876), Friar Jerome's Beautiful Book (1881), Mercedes and Later Lyrics (1883), Wyndham Towers (1889), and the collected editions of 1865, 1882, 1897 and 1900, showed him to be a poet of lyrical skill and light touch. Critics believed him to show the influence of Robert Herrick He was a critic of the dialect verse that was popular at the time. In a 1900 letter referencing contemporary poet James Witcomb Riley he wrote, "The English language is too sacred a thing to be mutilated and vulgarized". Aldrich's longer narrative or dramatic poems were not as successful. Notable work includes such lyrics as "Hesperides", "When the Sultan Goes to Ispahan", "Before the Rain", "Nameless Pain", "The Tragedy", "Seadrift", "Tiger Lilies", "The One White Rose", "Palabras Cariñosas", "Destiny", and the eight-line poem "Identity".