Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. Third edition, expanded. BAL 6975; American Imprints 45-2974. A collection of 21 poems by Knickerbocker poet Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867), with one previously unpublished poem.
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The Pleasing Library, Containing a Selection of Humorous, Entertaining, Elegant and Instructive Pieces, in Prose and Poetry; From the Most Celebrated Writers.
Wrentham (Mass.): Printed and sold by the Author, 1801. First edition. American Bibliography 641. An anthology of English and American verse and prose, which includes Phillip Freneau's "The Indian Student; or the Force of Nature" and John Maxcy's "Charge Delivered by the President to the Graduates of Rhode-Island College." From.....
Passer Domesticus.
(Reno, Nevada): The Black Rock Press, (1965). First edition, one of 80 numbered copies. The first book of the Black Rock Press and the first book of poetry by playwright George Herman, a collection of six amusing poems on sparrows. The Black Rock Press was founded by Kenneth and Patricia.....
The Judgment, A Vision. By the Author of Percy's Masque.
New York: Published by James Eastburn, Literary Rooms, 1821. First edition. BAL 8512. ¶ A vision poem about the final day of retribution, read by James Hillhouse (1789-1841) at the anniversary of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1812. This was an early work by the New York poet, predating.....
Astrea: The Balance of Illusions. A Poem Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 14, 1859.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. First edition. BAL 8757, second printing, State A (B?), binding D.
Poems.
Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1886. First edition. BAL 9622, first binding with “Ticknor & Co.” imprint on the spine. ¶ A scarce edition of Howells' Poems of 1873, but in a more elaborate format - similar to a gift book - and with the addition of three previously uncollected poems.....
Two Consolations . . . With an Excerpt from Una Jeffers’ English Journal.
(San Mateo, Calif.: The Quercus Press), 1940. First edition, one of 250 copies, of which 200 were for sale. Broomfield A30. A fine rendering of two unusually mellow poems by Robinson Jeffers that were inspired by a family visit to Kelmscott Manor in 1929, as described in the excerpt from.....
Hans Breitmann’s Party. With Other Ballads . . . New and Englarged Edition.
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (1869). Second edition, with the addition of one unpublished ballad. BAL 11556. ¶ The second edition in book form of Hans Breitmann’s Ballads, Leland’s immensely popular humorous verse about the German-American, Hans Breitmann, who is full of fooling and philosophy and beer. There were.....
The Waif: A Collection of Poems.
Cambridge: Published by John Owen, 1845. First edition. BAL 12075; American Imprints 45-3949. ¶ An anthology of 50 poems from lessor celebrated poets - poetical waifs - compiled by Longfellow and introduced with his poem entitled "Proem." The interesting assortment of poets includes Jones Very, Harriet Martineau, Philip Freneau, Henry.....
The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. First American edition, first printing. BAL 12122. ¶ Longfellow's famous account of the story of Miles Standish, told in verse. Neat ownership signature of Mary S. Dwight, dated October 1858, on the title-page.
Poems . . . With Illustrations by Durand, Huntington, Darley, Duggan, Rothermel, etc. . . . New Edition, Enlarged.
New York: George P. Putnam, 1853. Second edition, second printing. Sabin 42808. ¶ The first book by Anne C. Lynch, later Anne C. Lynch Botta (1815-1891), a minor but important figure in the New York literary scene, circa 1850-1880. She was a friend and supporter of many writers, editors and.....
American Melodies; Containing a Single Selection from the Productions of Two Hundred Writers.
New York: Linen and Fennell, 1841. First edition. BAL 14357 (Morris), 997 (Park Benjamin), 1166 (Robert Montgomery Bird), etc.; American Imprints 41-3619. An important anthology of American poetry that includes early and first appearances by Emma Willard, Albert Pike, Holmes, Bryant, Longfellow, Whittier, Simms, ad infinitum - and the first.....
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Beacon Hill. A Local Poem, Historic and Descriptive. Book I [all published].
Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for the Author, 1797. First edition. BAL 14558; Evans 32512; Stoddard & Whitesell 581. ¶ The first and only published part of an ambitious verse history of the American Revolution, dedicated to "the Citizen-Soldiers who fought, conquered, and retired, under the banners of Washington.....
Poems, and Compositions in Prose on Several Occasions.
Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants, 1798. First edition. Stoddard & Whitesell 610; Hill, American Plays, 194; Evans 34159; Sabin 51316. The first book by William Munford (1775-1825), a collection of verse, prose and one play. Munford was a native of Virginia and the son of Revolutionary War soldier and dramatist.....
Sparrow in the Baker's Dust.
(Deia, Mallorca: The New Seizin Press, 1985). First edition, one of 75 copies signed by Tomas Graves and Ralph Nelson.
Verses by Andrews Norton.
No place, no publisher, 1853. First edition. The only published volume of poetry by Andrews Norton (1786-1853), man of letters and conservative theologian from Cambridge, Mass., a slender volume of 16 poems. It was privately printed posthumously by Norton's family, and this copy bears a family inscription. Presentation on the.....
The Progress of Refinement, A Poem, in Three Books. To Which are Added, A Poem on Fame, and Miscellanies.
Boston: Printed by Young and Etheridge, 1792. First edition. Stoddard & Whitesell 444; Evans 24643. An elaborate and lofty philosophical poem on the cultural advancement of man, modeled on the works of Alexander Pope and Mark Akenside. Handsomely printed with liberal use of ornaments - or "pretentious use" according to.....
Poems by the Late Doctor John Shaw. To Which is Prefixed a Biographical Sketch of the Author.
Philadelphia: Published by Edward Earle; Baltimore: Edward J. Coale, 1810. First edition. Stoddard & Whitesell 924; American Imprints 21334; BAL volume 5, page 251 (Key). A substantial and varied collection of poetry and translations by John Shaw, a physician who traveled extensively before accepting a teaching position at the University.....
Poems.
Philadelphia: Joseph Healy; Boston: Weeks, Jordan; New York: John S. Taylor, 1838. First edition. BAL 21710, binding A; American Imprints 53638. ¶ An early and substantial collection of over 50 poems by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1891). The first part contains 24 of his memorable abolitionist poems, collected for the first.....
Continent's End: An Anthology of Contemporary California Poets. Edited, with Introductions, by George Sterling, Genevieve Taggard & James Rorty.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1925. First edition, one of 600 copies designed and printed by John Henry Nash. ¶ An impressive selection from over 100 contemporary California poets, e.g.: George Sterling, Robinson Jeffers, Stephen Rose Benét, Ina Coolbrith, Yone Noguchi, Xavier Martinez, Sara Bard Field and Charles.....
The Caged Eagle and Other Poems.
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1916. First edition. BAL 18767; Mattila A12. A selection of Sterling's best poetry to date. Inscribed by Sterling on the front free endpaper to his wife, Carrie: "Dear Carrie: / Just a / few unnatural [?] sonnets. / George. / San Francisco, July 5, 1916.".....
Lilith: A Dramatic Poem.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1920. Second edition, one of 350 copies printed by Taylor & Taylor. Mattila A20; BAL 18791. This is first edition of Lilith as finely produced by Taylor & Taylor for the Book Club of California.
Ode on the Opening of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, February, 1915.
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1915. First edition, one of 525 copies. BAL 18762; Mattila A8. ¶ Sterling's famous ode that celebrated the opening of the exposition that celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal. Handsomely printed and bound in the manner of the Kelmscott Press by Taylor & Taylor.....
Sails and Mirage and Other Poems.
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1921. First edition. BAL 18797; Mattila A25. ¶ An early presentation copy: "For / Ida Brenda Gregg / these songs of California / and Dreamland, with / all good wishes. / George Sterling. / San Francisco, Dec. 6th, 1921." The earliest presentations copies noted in.....
Strange Waters.
N.p.: n.p., n.d. [but San Francisco, 1926]. First edition, one of 150 copies. BAL 18827; Mattila A29. ¶ A narrative poem that H. L. Mencken rejected as "unfit" for his magazine subscribers because of its "lesbian" leanings. There was apparently some discussion of the Grabhorns printing it for Sterling, but.....
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