Search Results: the poets and poetry of america by griswold rufus

Philadelphia: Cary and Hart, 1843. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Gilt Lyre in wreath decorated blind stamped leather covers. 8vo, 476 pages. Spine covering missing, covers loosely attached. Foxing.

PF Collier (year ?) 16th edition. This volume only, super octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering & design (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

New.

New York: James Miller. Whole book in several pieces. Dark purple covers beautifully embossed in black and gold, front cover in very good and bright condition, back cover lightly scuffed, spine very faded with pulled ends, half spine and first few pages attached to front cover, half spine and last few pages attached to back. Text block in two pieces. All page edges gilt, owner initials, pages just beginning to yellow from edges, else near very good. "Carefully revised, much enlarged, and continued to the present time with portraits, on steel from original pictures of" [nine poets]. . Poor. Hardcover. 1874.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

A. Hart. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. 11th edition, revised. (American Poetry, Literature Collections)

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1846. 476pp, illus., corners bumped & worn, some wear & soiling to cover, interleaving between frontis & tp missing, foxing to frontis, binding is beginning to loosen at middle, causing a couple of signatures to rest cockeyed, light foxing throughout, good reading copy.. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1843. Book. Very Good (Book condition). Hardcover. Fourth Edition, Revised. Professionally and sturdily rebacked with original backstrip and covers. Noticeable wear to covers: corners bumped as well as some rubbing and soiling. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

New York: Farry and McMillan. 1858. Seventeenth Edition; revised. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Fair in boards. Rear hinge starting, front hinge cracked. Rubbing along panel edges. Chip at spine heel. Shelf wear on front/rear panels. Foxing throughout text. .

Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan , 1856. 1856 at title page. Large 6 1/2" x 9 5/8" x 2" design weighing nearly three lbs. Beautifully crafted volume with deep dark brown full-cloth boards, gilt cover design and spine titles, moderate shelf, edge wear, rub, bump. Cover design features ornate gilded cover design at center with lyre or harp surrounded by ornate dentelle borders; same blind-stamped design at back board. Spine also features several square blind-stamped fields with ornate design. Boards and cover protected in unadhered thick clear sleeve. Pages very good; clean with attractive toning. Small stylish fountain-pen signature at front blank endpaper: "C. W. Ells." Features two title pages. First with frontispiece engraving in sepia of editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold and original tissue guard, some uneveness to its adherence along gutter; adjacent is light stylized titles with vignette of pastoral engraving. Second features same titles with additional details and… Read More