[BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN).] 157. Tales of Glauber-Spa. By Several American Authors. FIRST EDITION. Edited with Introduction and the tales "The Skeleton's Cave" and "Medfield," by Bryant. 2 vols. 12mo, original cloth, with labels. N. Y. 1832 Contains contributions by Catherine Sedgwick, Sands and Leggett. 158. Tales of the Glauber Spa. FIRST EDITION. (Volume 1 only.) 12mo, original paper covers, uncut, with leaf of prospectus. N. Y. 1832 Very rare, in paper. "Mrs. A. M. Sherman" written on title, and on the Prospectus. From the Chamberlain collection, with bookplate. 159. leather label. 160. Poems. Third edition enlarged. 12mo, cloth, Bost. 1834 Poems (newly revised with additions). Vignette title. 12mo, original cloth (back slightly worn). N. Y. 1836 * One of the copies designated "Fourth Edition," with copyright dated 1835. From the library of W. H. Arnold. 161. Poems (newly revised, with additions). Engraved false title. 12mo, cloth. N. Y. 1836 One of the copies designated "Fourth Edition," but copyright dated 1835. 162. An Address before the New England Society of the City of New York, on Forefather's Day, December 22, 1838. By Leonard Bacon. 8vo, new cloth. 163. N. Y. 1839 Very scarce. Contains an original Ode of 4 verses with 4 lines each by Bryant, commencing: "Wild was the day, the wintry sea Mourned sadly on New England's strand." etc., which is not included in any of his collected writings. The Jubilee of the Constitution, a Discourse delivered. . . New York . . . 30th April, 1839. By John Quincy Adams. Frontispiece (Inauguration of Washington at the Old City Hall, 1789). 8vo, original wrappers. 164. N. Y. 1839 Fine copy. The frontispiece is often missing. Contains an original Ode by Bryant. "Great were the hearts, and strong the minds," etc. Selections from the American Poets. FIRST EDI- TION. 12mo, cloth. 165. No. III of Harper's "Family Library." The Fountain and Other Poems. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original cloth, with paper label, 12 pages of advertise ments. N. Y. 1842 Fine copy. [BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN).] 166. The same. 12mo, cloth, paper label [without the advertisements]. N. Y. 1842 167. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of William Ellery Channing-by Henry W. Bellows. 8vo, original wrappers. N. Y. 1842 Scarce. Contains an "Original Hymn (written for the occasion) by Wm. C. Bryant, Esq." "While yet the harvest fields are white." No copy appeared in the Chamberlain or Arnold collections. "The White Footed Deer." First Edition. 168. The White-Footed Deer, and other Poems. THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION. 12mo, full green crushed levant morocco, gilt, gilt edges. N. Y.: I. S. Platt, 1844 ONE OF THE RAREST OF BRYANT FIRST EDITIONS. This copy contains the half-title, and the leaf of "Notes" at the end. Lacking in the Chamberlain, Foote, Arnold, and other wellknown collections of a similar nature dispersed within recent years. Laid in is the greater part of a letter written by Bryant on behalf of his wife, inviting Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Leggett to tea, and stating that Mr. Bryant, like "Nebuchadnezzar, delights in a vegetable diet." [See reproduction.] 169. The Fountain and other Poems (including "The White-Footed Deer" and Memoir of the Author). 18mo, original illuminated wrappers, uncut. 170. First English edition. Scarce in wrappers. Lond. 1844 Transactions of the American Art-Union for 1845. Frontispiece. 8vo, wrappers. N. Y. 1845 Scarce. Lacking in the Chamberlain, Arnold, and other similar collections. Bryant was the President of the Society, and the above work contains an Address by him. 171. The same for 1846. Two engravings. 8vo, wrappers. Scarce. N. Y. 1846 172. Poems. With illustrations by E. Leutze, engraved by American artists. 8vo, half black roan, gilt edges. Phil. 1847 The first collected Library Edition of Bryant's Poems. As usual a few pages are slightly spotted. 173. A Funeral Oration occasioned by the death of Thomas Cole, delivered before the National Academy of Design. 8vo, wrappers. N. Y. 1848 The Oration on the eminent artist and old-time friend of Bryant. It was in wandering among the Catskill hills with Bryant that Cole derived some of the most impressive effects of his pictures. THE HOME LIBRARY. POETICAL SERIES.-NO. I. THE WHITE-FOOTED DEER AND OTHER POEMS. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. NEW YORK: 1. 8. PLATT, 111 FULTON STREET, PRESS OF THE HOME LIBRARY. 1844. No. 168: FIRST EDITION OF BRYANT'S "WHITE-FOOTED DEER." 174. [BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN).] Letters of a Traveler, or notes of things seen in Europe and America. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, cloth, uncut. "N. Y. Society Library" stamp on title. N. Y. 1850 175. Poems collected and arranged by the Author, with an introductory essay on the genius and writings of the Author by George Gilfillan. Square 16mo, cloth, uncut. Liverpool, 1850 The Arnold copy, with booklabel. (Lacks a fly-leaf.) 176. Poems. 12mo, cloth. Dessau (Germany), 1854 A scarce edition, containing an Introduction that has never been reprinted. . . . "I have been asked to consent that an edition of my poems should be published at Dessau, in Germany, solely for circulation on the continent of Europe," etc. 177. New York Historical Society. Celebration, Nov. 20, 1854. 8vo, wrappers. 178. Semi-Centennial Contains an Address by Bryant, an Oration and Address by Bancroft. Autograph of "Sam'l Longfellow" on front cover. Poems, collected and arranged by the Author. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y. 1855 A few poems not in the previous edition have been added. 179. Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Bridgewater, Mass., June 3rd, 1856, with the hymn, "Two Hundred Times has June Renewed," by Bryant. Frontispiece and portrait. 8vo, wrappers. FINE COPY. 180. Presentation copy from one of the Committee. Bost. 1856 Memorial of Jessie Willis, prepared for her little daughters, Annie, Blanche and Jessie, by their Father. 12mo. cloth. N. Y. (for private circulation) 1858 181. A RARE BRYANT ITEM, lacking in the Chamberlain collection. Contains a letter of sympathy from Bryant, also a Notice by N. P. Willis and a Poem by G. P. Morris. PRESENTATION COPY FROM R. STORR WILLIS (the husband of Jessie Willis) to Mr. and Mrs. S. Cox (American Statesman). With Original Manuscript Laid In. Letters of a Traveller. Second Series. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, cloth. N. Y. 1859 Inserted is a fragment of the autograph MS. of Bryant's article on Kann's translation of Demosthenes' Orations on the Crown and the Embassy. 182. Celebration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Hadley, Mass., June 8, 1859. 8vo, original wrappers. Northampton, 1859 *With an Address by Bryant (pp. 70, 71). |