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Poems
by Bryant, William Cullen
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's muslin-backed boards, paper spine label. Light wear to covers, small snag to spine label, foxing to covers and spora
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E[lam] Bliss, 1832. First edition. 240 pp. 8vo. Publisher's muslin-backed boards, paper spine label. Light wear to covers, small snag to spine label, foxing to covers and sporadically to text, binding cracked at title-page, early ownership signature on front free endpaper. In a custom brown morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. First edition. 240 pp. 8vo. Bryant's third book, following the extremely rare self-published juvenalia Embargo (1808) and his slim first collection, Poems (1821). This edition contains works from the 1821 Poems - including "Thanatopsis" and "To a Waterfowl" - as well as newer poems. "Most of the following poems have been already printed ... In preparing them for press, [Bryant] has made such corrections as occurred to him on subjecting them to a careful revision" (Preface). BAL 1603. Provenance: Mrs. J. Insley Blair (her green morocco Blairhame booklabel)
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On Jan 19 2020, a reader said:
Hello. I found an old Bryant book from 1854 in an abandoned house a few years back. The artwork is all done in pen and is signed by Bryant. Its an original. I would like to find out how much its worth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306127
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Bryant, William Cullen
- Format/Binding
- 240 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's muslin-backed boards, paper spine label. Light wear to covers, small snag to spine label, foxing to covers and spora
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- E[lam] Bliss
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1832
- Keywords
- American | William Cullen Bryant
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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