Specimens of American Poetry with Critical and Biographical Notices. In Three Volumes

by Samuel Kettell

$1,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. 3 vols. 8vo 19.9 x 12 cm . Original muslin-backed boards, printed paper spine labels, uncut. Some wear to labels and extremities; some foxing, but an entirely original, unsophisticated copy. BAL 3251; Harris, Collection of American Poetry, p. 137. Provenance: Samuel Wagner contemporary ownership signatures on flyleaves . Item #319259 The first comprehensive anthology of American poetry,

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.