1854 Rare with William Cullen Bryant Signature - POEMS by William Cullen Bryant. Illustrated.
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Author: William Cullen Bryant.
Title: Poems by William Cullen Bryant. Collected and Arranged by the Author. Illustrated with Seventy-One Engravings from Drawings by Eminent Artists.
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co. 346 and 348, Broadway., no date (1854).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 9 " X 7 ".
Pages: 343 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full brown morocco leather binding with gilt "Bryant" on the front cover and his gilt monogram on the rear cover (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. A very beautiful binding!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing - as shown). WITH paste in original photograph of William Cullen Bryant with a clipped quote mounted to a card, SIGNED BY Bryant "I stand and calmly wait till the hinges turn for me. William Cullen Bryant. New York October 15th, 1869".
Illustrations: Complete with the 71 wonderful vignette illustrations by various artists.
Estimate : (USD 700 - USD 1000)
The book: Attractive signed edition in a beautiful morocco binding of those wonderful poems by William Cullen Bryant.
The author: William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life. He soon relocated to New York and took up work as an editor at various newspapers. He became one of the most significant poets in early literary America and has been grouped among the fireside poets for his accessible, popular poetry.