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Poems of William Cullen Bryant
by BRYANT, William Cullen
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1893. Hardcover. Biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. 12mo. Beige cloth spine with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt floral pattern and pale green decorated cloth. li, 384pp. All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece + engraved title page. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome copy of this broad selection of the poet's best work -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a near fine 2 3/4" X 1 3/4" slip boldly inscribed and signed by the poet in black ink: "I am, Sir, / respectfully yours / W.C. Bryant / Esq." Bryant (1794-1878), "The Father of American Poetry," was a mainstay of the 19th century literary scene, a popular and influential liberal journalist and long-time editor of the "New York Evening Post," but is best remembered as a prolific poet whose best-known piece, "Thanatopsis," was written as a teenager.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46296
- Title
- Poems of William Cullen Bryant
- Author
- BRYANT, William Cullen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Poetry;
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Edges
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