[Rarebooks] For Sale: Bryant's Selections from American Poets

[Norman Kane]

We can offer:

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, [ED.]   SELECTIONS FROM THE AMERICAN
POETS.  N. Y.: Harper, 1840.  1st edn.  BAL 1617 etc.  In the Family Library
format - original printed boards, 6 1/4 X 4 inches.  Some foxing, 
mostly on end papers, edges of spine worn  but a good sound copy. Old 
college bookplate, label and ms. ex libris on end papers.  (Freneau, 
Alston, Simms, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Very, Mrs. Osgood, 
Bryant, Clement Moore
["A Visit From St. Nicholas"], et al.  (An early anthology of 
American poetry, chosen by a major poet.  Copies dated 1840 are 
scarce.)  $175.00

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