Bryant, William Cullen. Thirty Poems. D. Appleton and Company, 1864.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: BAL (1683) first state with "veielo" on page 213, line 5, binding A. Laid in is a small card SIGNED by William Cullen Bryant and dated October 21st, 1872. The volume is bumped at the corners with the boards exposed, spine ends are worn chipped and fraying, and there is a 3/4" tear to the cloth on the top front joint. A large bookplate dresses up the front pastedown and the bottom corner of the front endpaper is double creased. Text is clean with tight binding.

Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN.. Thirty Poems. New York: D. Appleton, 1864, 1864.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition, first state. Original cloth; bookplate, extremities a little rubbed; very good to fine. BAL 1863; first state; binding B (noted on presentation copies). Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, 'Mrs. D.D. Field, with the kind regards of William Cullen Bryant, January, 1864'. The recipient was presumably the spouse of the prominent attorney, and therefore the sister-in-law of Cyrus Field, who was responsible for the first Atlantic cable. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

Bryant, William Cullen. Thirty Poems. D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1864.

Price: US$289.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1864. First edition, first state with "veielo" on page 213, binding A. Signed by Bryant on the front free endpaper. Brown cloth, about 7.5" tall, 222 pages. Some expected shelfwear with minor chips to the spine ends, some modest shelf soil, small fade line along the top half inch of the front cover, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a bit of unobtrusive margin smudges to page 216/17, no other names or markings. Some cigarette odor which should dissipate over time. Includes a page from an old undated Dauber & Pine Bookshop catalog catalog 312, ca. 1943?) that includes this book. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.

BRYANT, William Cullen. THIRTY POEMS. Appleton, New York, 1864.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Description: BAL 1683: First state; Binding A. SIGNED by Bryant on the front free endpaper and dated February 1864. Below the date, a previous owner has written "Autograph" and opposite on the front pastedown: "M. e. Coffin/From H. H. Shethar/February 22d 1864./Bought at the Brooklyn/Fair for the benefit of/Sanitary Commission." Dampstain at the fore-edge margin starting at the front endpaper and extending and gradually reducing for about 70 pages; dampstain in corresponding area on the front cover with old staining mostly to the rear. Very Good

Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.

Bryant, William Cullen. Thirty Poems. D. Appleton, New York, 1864.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: 222 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED to WCB'S NIECES. Inscribed on the flyleaf in the poet's hand "For Mary and Olivia Fairchild with their Aunt Bryant's love - March 16th, 1864" With a note from a Bryant descendant mentioning the family genealogy "Frances Fairchild (Mrs. W. C.) Bryant had four brothers, any one of whom may have been the father of Mary and Olivia Fairchild .". BAL 1682 Original brown cloth. Spine ends worn, joint scuffed. Very good

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.