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Bryant, William Cullen
Thanatopsis and Among The Trees (Two Volumes)
H.M. Caldwell Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
New York and Boston, 1874
No Additional Printings Indicated
Decorated Boards
Good +
W.J. Linton, David Scott, William Blake, Isaac Taylor, Harley, Jervis McEntee
Unpaginated. An unusual pair of Good+ condition Victorian era poetry gift books, cloth hardcovers with gilt title decorations and pictorial designs on front boards and decorated endpapers. Scattered light foxing and smudging internally, and moderate rubbing to corners of both books. "Among the Trees" is in a bit rougher condition, with more external wear and interior and exterior soiling and spotting than "Thanatopsis". Owner name on front endpaper of "Among the Trees", spine cloth rubbed bare in spots along front gutter with scattered but faint dampstaining along some interior margins. Bindings of both books intact but shaken in a few places, hinges not cracked and underlying mesh holding well. Verse and engravings appear on each recto of both books. Beautifully executed illustrations designed and engraved by W.J. Linton and Harley after the artwork of William Blake, David Scott, Isaac Taylor and Jervis McEntee. #2318.
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33.00 USD
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1982
Homer. Translated By William Cullen Bryant.
The Iliad of Homer. Translated Into English Blank Verse By William Cullen Bryant. [Vols I and II]
James R. Osgood and Company
Boston, 1871
Cloth Hardcover
Very Good
Vol. I xviii.332 pgs., Vol. II vi.355pgs. Very Good condition rust colored cloth hardcovers, beveled boards, gilt to front and spine, top edges gilt, matching set. This is the smaller sized format of the 1870 printing. Corners are a bit rubbed and spine ends frayed. A small perforated ding to the cloth on the spine near title lettering on volume two. Brown endpapers, sound bindings, contents are clean and unmarked but for a slight water stain which lightly tidemarks the rear blank of volume two near the inner margin, visible on rear blank and adjoining endpaper. A preface by William Cullen Bryant precedes Books I through XII in volume one. Volume two contains Book XIII through XIV. #1982.
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38.00 USD
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