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American Melodies; Containing a Single Selection from the Productions of Two Hundred Writers
de MORRIS, GEORGE POPE, COMPILER
- Usado
- Estado
- Some light foxing; edges skillfully repaired; very good copy.
- Librería
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Linen and Fennell, 1841, 1841. First edition. BAL 14357 (Morris), 997 (Park Benjamin), 1166 (Robert Montgomery Bird), etc.; American Imprints 41-3619. Some light foxing; edges skillfully repaired; very good copy.. 16mo, original gilt- and blind-stamped red morocco, gilt lettering, a.e.g. Frontis, engraved title and two plates. 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 version of the most famous of American songs, Robert Montgomery Bird's "God Bless America." On the front free endpaper is an inscription to another American poet "H. T. Tuckerman / from the Publishers." Tuckerman (1813-1871) was a widely published poet and literary critic and one of the great men of letters of his era. See BAL and the DAB. 19th century bookplate on the front paste-down of C. B. Tillinghast.
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- Librería
- The Brick Row Book Shop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 27691
- Título
- American Melodies; Containing a Single Selection from the Productions of Two Hundred Writers
- Autor
- MORRIS, GEORGE POPE, COMPILER
- Formato/Encuadernación
- BAL 14357 (Morris), 997 (Park Benjamin), 1166 (Robert Montgomery Bird), etc.; American Imprints 41-3619
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Some light foxing; edges skillfully repaired; very good copy.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- New York: Linen and Fennell, 1841
- Fecha de publicación
- 1841
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The Brick Row Book Shop
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San Francisco, California
Sobre The Brick Row Book Shop
The Brick Row Book Shop, founded in 1915, is one of the oldest antiquarian book firms in the United States. We're located a block from Union Square in downtown San Francisco, and are open by appointment Monday-Friday. The engraving by T. Diedricksen is of the Shop as it was shortly after its founding in New Haven, Connecticut.
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- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
