[Wheatley, Phillis.] "Recollection. To Miss A__ M__, Humbly Inscribed by the Authoress." From The Annual Register… for the Year 1772… The Eighth Edition. London: for W. Otridge and Son [et al], 1809. 8vo. Bound in 1/4 calf. ************ This poem was Wheatley's fourth published poem, and it would also be her first magazine appearance when it was originally published in the March 1772 issue of the London Magazine. It would be published in book form the following year with some revisions. The book, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," would be the first published book of poetry by an African-American. The poem appears here on pages 214-215 of the eighth edition of the 1772 Annual Register, printed in 1809. However, the version here appears to be the unrevised version, as originally printed in 1772. For example, the second line, "Your vent'rous Afric in the deep design" was changed to "Your vent'rous Afric in her great design."

Spine with number and an old library bookplate to front pastedown, "withdrawn" stamp to ffe, perforated blind-stamp to title, and several small ink-stamps in a few places (not effecting the Wheatley work.) Contents mostly clean, binding rubbed and scuffed.