The Fountain and Other Poems.
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1842. First edition, BAL state B, with publisher's catalogue. Read More about The Fountain and Other Poems
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William Cullen Bryant
1794 - 1878
Parson & Pool's Original Uncle Tom's Cabin and Tennessee Jubilee Singers. The Only Company on the Road To-day Presenting the...
Providence, R. I: Watcheer Print[er], [No Date but circa 1880's-1900?]. Original promotional poster for the Jubilee Singers production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Uncommon broadside advertising an upcoming performance of Parsons & Pool's long-running UNCLE TOM'S CABIN stage production, with woodcuts showing scenes from the play superimposed over an image of..... Read More about Parson & Pool's Original Uncle Tom's Cabin and Tennessee Jubilee Singers. The Only Company on...
Price: $950
ALS. To Hon. William Marcy, Albany.
New York: December 24, 1838. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was an American romantic poet, a lawyer, a journalist, and an editor of the Washington Post. His most famous poem (from his youth) is "Thanatopsis" but he is perhaps better known for his journalistic enterprises, in which he was one of..... Read More about ALS. To Hon. William Marcy, Albany
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Autograph Letter Signed ("W C Bryant"), to Edward Oldham in North Carolina, regarding the sale of a book by Mr...
May 21, 1877. Bryant offers his opinion on a potential edition of the poems of one Mr. Thompson, a Southerner: "If Mr. Thompson's poems had been published in his lifetime I think they would have been readily sold, in as much as he was well known, more particulalry at the..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("W C Bryant"), to Edward Oldham in North Carolina, regarding...
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Autograph Letter Signed ("W.C. Bryant"), to Messrs Seevoss, Sherman, and Wickham, accepting an invitation "to be present at the delivery...
New York: March 10, 1859. Bryant writes to accept an invitation to an oration by American statesman Edward Everett sponsored by the Mercantile Library Association, at the Academy of Music in New York. Bryant has evidently misdated his letter, as the lecture was on March 9. (Four years later Everett..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("W.C. Bryant"), to Messrs Seevoss, Sherman, and Wickham,...
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Autograph Note Signed internally ("Mr. Bryant"), written in the third person to decline an invitation.
Roslyn, NY: Wednesday Morning [n.y.]. Reading: "Mr. Bryant regrests that it is not in his power to accept Mr. Graham's polite invitation for Saturday Evening" Read More about Autograph Note Signed internally ("Mr. Bryant"), written in the third person to decline...
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Autograph Letter Signed ("WC Bryant"), to Messrs Darling, Conswold & Co.
New York: April 11, 1876. In part: "I have copies of my poems here but not the best editions. I had just written to General [John] Dix before I recieved your letter that I could send the Emperor, tomorrow a copy ... This was in answer to an intimation from..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("WC Bryant"), to Messrs Darling, Conswold & Co
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Autograph Letter Signed ("Wm.C. Bryant"), to W.F. Suydam, an admirer.
1873. "Dear Sir, I send you what you have requested in your letter of the 12th of this month..." Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("Wm.C. Bryant"), to W.F. Suydam, an admirer
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Autograph Letter Signed, to Edward S.[herman] Gould.
in recipient's hand dated March 30/60. Bryant writes to Gould about an article recommending Worcester's Dictionary in the Evening Post, which several people would like to see answered. In part: "As you are my Ajax of philology I send it to you, that if you think it worthwhile you can..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed, to Edward S.[herman] Gould
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In praise of honey
Autograph Letter Signed ("W.C. Bryant"), to William Guilford. On honey.
Cummington: Sept 21, 1876. In praise of honey. "It seems to me that I ought to express ... thanks ... for the box of honey which I have received from you. It was excellent. I have tasted the famous honey of Narbonne in France, and the no less celebrated honey..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("W.C. Bryant"), to William Guilford. On honey
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Thirty Poems.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1864. First edition, first state with "veielo" on p. 213 and printed on wove paper. Includes Bryant's translation of the fifth book of The Odyssey. Read More about Thirty Poems
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The Fountain and Other Poems.
New York & London: Wiley and Putnam, 1842. First edition, BAL state B (no priority), with additional publisher's catalogue at rear, and state B (no priority) of Contents leaf (folded to appear as p. 5). Read More about The Fountain and Other Poems
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Poems.
New York: E[lam] Bliss, 1832. First edition. Bryant's third book, following the extremely rare self-published juvenalia Embargo (1808) and his slim first collection, Poems (1821). This edition contains works from the 1821 Poems — including "Thanatopsis" and "To a Waterfowl" — as well as newer poems. “Most of the following..... Read More about Poems
Price: $400
ALS. To George H. Bryant.
New York: The Evening Post Letterhead, Feb 21, 1870. Reading in part: "I thank you for a record of a good life which you were so kind as to send me in your last. It is much plesanter to hear that one of the Bryants has closed a long life..... Read More about ALS. To George H. Bryant
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ALS. To J. T. Ketchum. About cider.
Roslyn: May 5th 1864. Read More about ALS. To J. T. Ketchum. About cider
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Autograph Letter, Signed. "Dear Sir."
np: nd c. 1870s. Reading in part: "I return you the Album Cosmopolite with many thanks. Your collection of autographs is scarcely less extraordinary than your collection of drawings. It is the richest and most interesting I have ever seen." With, Cabinet Photograph of Bryant by Bogardus, noted "F. Shaw..... Read More about Autograph Letter, Signed. "Dear Sir."
Price: $300
ALS. To G.H. Clark.
New York: July 18, 1833. Reading in part: "Sanford and Swords, Booksellers of this city published I think two or three years since, in American edition of Keble's 'Lyra Innocentium.' It is very likely ..." Read More about ALS. To G.H. Clark
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Autograph Letter Signed ("W.C. Bryant"), to Mr. Putnam, his publisher, asking if a parcel of books can be left at...
Monday June 23, 1845. In part: "I spoke this morning with a young man at your office who said that you would allow a small package of books to remain at your place until ... my return from Scotland and Ireland..." Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("W.C. Bryant"), to Mr. Putnam, his publisher, asking if a...
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INSCRIBED to WCB'S NIECES
Thirty Poems.
New York: D. Appleton, 1864. INSCRIBED to WCB'S NIECES. Inscribed on the flyleaf in the poet’s hand “For Mary and Olivia Fairchild with their Aunt Bryant’s love — March 16th, 1864” With a note from a Bryant descendant mentioning the family genealogy “Frances Fairchild (Mrs. W. C.) Bryant had four..... Read More about Thirty Poems
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PROBABLE PRESENTATION BINDING
Poems.
Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1821. First edition. PROBABLE PRESENTATION BINDING. "Bryants manuscript was edited anonymously for publication by [Richard Henry] Dana, [Sr.] and by E.T. Channing." (BAL p. 332). Among the eight poems which make their first collected appearances here are two of Bryant"s most famous, "Thanatopsis" (here..... Read More about Poems
Price: $2,250