NP: np, [1800-1815]. Broadside. 31 x 23 cm. A poem, eight stanzas of four lines each. Edges rough, some wear at folds with a little separation. An unrecorded variant of "Truxton's Victory," the text differing slightly, though expressing same content. First two lines of each stanza only rhyme and the..... More
Westerly, RI: Champlin & Hoyt, Printers, [1853-58]. Broadside. 27 x 19 cm. Eight stanza of eight lines each, printed in two columns, enclosed in a decorative border. Old fold lines, some separation across central fold with a neat repair on verso, shallow chipping around edges. Poem of a dying man..... More
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New York, (NY): John W. Leslie, 180 Broadway. (Printer) C. Shields 45 Maiden-Lane, nd (1850's). 29.5 cm. 80pp. Printed wrappers. Closed tear across the front wrapper, chipping and general soiling to wrappers. The American edition of Eliza Cook's poems, originally issued in London by Mr. Tilt in 1840, along with..... More
[New York]: Printed at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius, [1807]. Collected edition. Full leather; gilt stamped black morocco spine label; gilt decorations on spine. 22 cm. xv, [1], 331, [11] pp., [8] leaves of plates [printed in black], including the frontis. and title page. Copyrighted by Noah Bailey on..... More
NP: np, nd [1861?]. First edition. Broadside poem, 5 1/2 x 4 inches, printed within an ornamental border, 44 lines written in 22 rhyming coupets: "The blessing of the God of Truth, the Southern Flag shall claim." Rudolph Confederate Broadside Verse 85. Moss Confederate Broadside Poems 62. Not in Parrish..... More
NP: np, nd [ca. 1830s]. Broadside. 22 x 19.5 cm. Text printed in two columns separated by a decorative rule, each poem occupying one column. Upper left corner torn away not affecting printing, old fold lines and scattered staining. Appears no OCLC listings. More
NP: np, January, 1864. First edition (?). Broadside poem, 7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches, printed within a black border, 26 lines railing against the Confederate congress's abrogation of substitute contracts: "In former days, a Contract was a test, A pledge respected and a right at rest ... The State..... More
Boston, [MA]: Sold by L. Deming, wholesale and retail. No. 62, Hanover Street, 2d door from Friend Street, [n.d.]. Broadside. 23 x 16.5 cm. Caption title and two columns of verse separated by the imprint (printed vertically). Some wrinkling and light browning, but very good. More
[London?]: np, nd [ca. 1780-1825?]. Broadside verse printed on laid paper, 15 x 5 1/8 inches, 10 stanzas. At the head of the broadside is a small woodcut (2 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches) picturing a man and woman in 18th-century dress; below the text is a second small woodcut..... More
NP: np, [1850-1890?]. Broadside poem. 18 x 13.5 cm. Top and bottom margins a bit uneven. Four stanzas of six lines each, mourning the loss of two children. OCLC lists only a copy at Brown where the speculation of date is taken. More
NP: np, nd [ca. 1811]. Broadside, 27 x 19 cm. Old fold lines with small breaks at folds, age toning to paper. Poem, printed in two columns, with twenty-six numbered stanzas. The poem appeared in "The Factor's Garland" in 1811 and there was a Nathaniel Coverly broadside the same year..... More
NP: np, nd [1820s?]. Broadside. 25 x 23 cm. Two columns of verse, separated by a decorative line. Old vertical fold, paper toned, rumpled, lightly foxed. First line of the first poem: "Whither goest thou pilgrim stranger." First line of the second poem: "O Come, lovely brethren, I bid you..... More
nd [ca.1860?]. Single sheet. 33 x 21 cm. 1.5 pages. Old fold lines, short tears and small separations at folds. Original manuscript poem written by a "friend" of some talent and education, praising the attorney, George Griffin (1778-1860), of New York City, comparing him to "Great Hamilton" who had died..... More
NP: np, 1810-1830? Broadside. 23 x 23 cm. Illustrated with two relief cuts in the upper corners. Verse in eleven stanzas and two columns, separated by a decorative line. Not in American Imprints. OCLC lists a copy at AAS. The young man dreams he seduces the object of his desire..... More
Skaggaddahunk [New York?]: Scantlewood, Timberlake & Co., Printers to the "North River Society" 1866. 24 cm. 29pp. Original printed wrappers. Some damp staining to wrappers, extending into the text. Radical Republican verse in the "confessional" voice of President Andrew Johnson as he made his ill fated tour seeking support for..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): David McKay, (c1932). First edition with the Pogany illustrations. 4to. xvi, 182 pp. 12 full-page black-and-white plates. Inscribed by Pogany on the half title in 1941 to arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson "this far-eastern saga for those of Ultima Thule." Original silver-stamped black cloth (one small white paint smudge..... More
NP: [187-?]. Broadside. First edition. 26 x 21 cm. 32 lines of verse, within two borders. A very good copy. HUMMEL Supplement 819a. OCLC lists single copy at Lib. of Virginia. Since the last verse mentions "Immortal Lee, thou now art laid / Like him you grieved upon..." this poem..... More
Savannah, (GA): (Georgia Historical Society), 1871. First edition. 8vo. 70 pp. Barclay defends Georgia poet R. H. Wilde from charges that he plagiarized the work of Irish poet Patrick O’Kelly. Original gilt-stamped green cloth, aall edges gilt. Georgia-themed bookplate, else very good. More
Philadelphia [PA]: Printed by T & G. Palmer, for J. Conrad & Co., 1804. First American edition. 15.5 cm. 231pp., [1]. Full flame leather. Gilt stamped red leather spine label and gilt rules. Bookplate of George Hale Nutting who served as President of Sons of the Revolution, on front pastedown..... More
London: Ward & Downey, 1896. 1st ed. 12mo. 64pp. Author's first book. Inscribed by the author: "For John Foster Carr / Hilaire Belloc / 1900." Original green cloth, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Two newspaper clippings of Belloc poems affixed to rear endpapers, else a Fine copy. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. First edition with the Curry illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #1166). 4to. xvi, (2), 454 pp. Color plates ("the last work of [the illustrator]"). Without the LEC Monthly Letter. Harwell In Tall Cotton 9 (for the 1928 first edition). Very good copy lacking the publisher's..... More
[San Francisco]: Printed for Ernest Dawson of Los Angeles by the Grabhorn Press, 1933. Copy no. 241 of an edition of 325 signed by the author. 8vo. 71pp., (5). Tan cloth spine with blue and silver designed paper boards. Cornered rubbed through. Inscribed by Ernest Dawson to W.[?] S. Hall..... More
NP: np, 1934. 12mo. 88pp. Bound brown fabricoid. Title stamped on front cover. Cowboy poetry. Signed by author on flyleaf. Some rubbing to edges. More
Richmond: From the Franklin Press, W.W. Gray, Printer, 1819. 12mo. xii, 218pp., errata. Closed tear across title page, slightly affecting author's name. Contemporary quarter leather and drab paper boards (rubbed); morocco spine label. Small (contemporary?) bookplate of a James Richardson on front pastedown. A few numerical notations in pencil on..... More
Richmond: From the Franklin Press, W.W. Gray, Printer, 1819. 12mo. xii, 218pp., errata. Contemporary quarter leather and drab paper boards (rubbed); morocco spine label. A good copy. Stoddard & Whitesell 1220. American Imprints 47420 Sabin 7387 Wegelin 882. More
