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

by Samuel Kettell

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First edition

First edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Three-quarter black pebbled morocco and marbled boards, spines and sides tooled in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. Book labels of Robert Hoe in each volume. BAL 3251; Harris, Collection of American Poetry, p. 137; Sabin 37655. Item #373807 The first comprehensive anthology of American poetry, euphemistically called Goodrich's Kettle of Poetry. This important and thorough study

• Binding: Leather

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