Poems

"Poems" contains Bryant's best-known work, "Thanatopsis," first published in the North American Review in 1817 and revised in 1821 for this collection. Our copy is in the original brown paper over boards. There is some rubbing to the author's name on the front cover affecting the letters ANT in Bryant. Years ago, the spine was covered wih a strip of… Read more about this item

By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. ***** First edition, first printing - one of a mere 750 copies. Original drab printed boards, uncut. Front cover printed askance. Small mark at the top of the front cover. Very light general wear. Light scattered… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1875. Hardcover. VG Cover has general wear. Spine has top and bottom damage. Multiple letters, newspaper articles and notes from previous owner glued onto endpages and inside covers. Handwritten notes from previous owner scattered throughout book. Red cloth boards with gilt design on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Full gilt. 388… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839. Hardcover. Fair. Stated "fifth edition". Original cloth. Cloth lacking at the spine ends, and skinned a little along the edge of the spine, a fair copy. According to *BAL 1615*, slightly enlarged from the 1836 edition, with corrections.

New York: Appleton, 1855. First Edition. Small Octavo. Besides Thanatopsis, it includes June (which Poe considered one of the finest of early American poems). It was almost issued simultaneously with a one volume illustrated edition which Bryant tolerated but in a letter to R.H. Dana he writes that it is alright for "a class of readers, or at least… Read more 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… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1821. First edition. 44 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, gilt. Hinges have started, spine worn, laid in half brown morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. 44 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. PROBABLE PRESENTATION BINDING. "Bryants manuscript was edited anonymously for publication by [Richard Henry] Dana, [Sr.] and by E.T.… Read more about this item

NY: The Federal Book Company. Blue boards with gold lettering. Slight spotting to boards. Strong hinges. Clean pages. Previous owner's name on the ffep. 241pp. No date listed, cir. 1920. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1920.

New York Hurst and Company n.d.(c.1900). Black cloth, colored floral paper onlay front cover. Edges and spine extremities rubbed. Ink inscription front flyleaf dated 1911. In nicer condition than is usual. Reprint edition..

Boston: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1821 One of 750 copies. Edited (anonymously) by Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Edward Tyrell Channing. Originally issued in printed boards. This copy rebound at an early date in full leather with a spine label that reads "Bryan'ts Poems." There is an old inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper, and an early… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Third edition. Octavo (19cm). Dark blue honeycomb-grain cloth, stamped in blind on boards, titled in gilt on spine with lyre tool in gilt; plain endpapers; [i]-xii [13]-274pp; engraved title page with vignette. Straight and sound, spine sunned but boards unfaded, partial splits to cloth over joints, foxed: around Very Good. Includes 12 new… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. 16mo. 390pp. Illustrated. Rust colored cloth with blind-stamped ruling and beveled edges, gilt-stamp on front board and spine, all edges gilt. Gutter cracked, faint stain on spine, spine ends and corners rubbed, a very good copy being America's mining magnate George W. Peirce's copy with his… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. 24mo. Brown cloth cover with gild decoration, all gold gilt page edges. Very good with fraying to spine ends and corners.

New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1880. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.5 x 5.5", tan cloth with elaborate black and gilt decoration, text block edges gilt, floral endpapers. A lovely antique decorative edition of Bryant's works. An attractive copy with toning to pages, slight sunning to spine, mild staining to rear cover, slight wear to spine ends.

New York: Hurst & Company. N.D.. Hardcover. Good in boards. Hinge has started. Some wear to edges of boards, including a few small tears. No date. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1848. Hardcover. VG Cover has general wear. Spine has top and bottom damage. Bookblock has general wear. Interior spine has damage and some pages are only looely attached. Interior pages have age toning. Signature from, previous owner on inside front cover and ffep. Red cloth boards with gilt design on front cover. Gilt lettering… Read more about this item

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Edges very slightly toned and dust-dulled. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression; 342 pages; Description: 342 p. ; 16 cm. Genre: Poetry --19th century

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Some prior owners' marks in preliminaries; pale tide lines throughout first half, including the engraved title, and foxing throughout; both hinges loosened, yet leaving the endpapers intact, if with spots of pale discoloration; brown textured hard cover bears surface wear and small material loss at corners and spine… Read more about this item

Henry Altemus, 1895. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1895. No Edition Remarks. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Front free endpaper cut out. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1836; 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Third edition of Poems, 1836 bound with the First edition of The Fountain, 1842. Contemporary polished black calf, gilt ruled. xii, 274 pp; 100 pp. Rubbing, fading to spine. Scattered foxing. BAL 1812; BAL 1612