1 vol.
Bryant, William Cullen. Poems. Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1821. First edition. Small 8vo, orig. printed bds.; some chipping to edges, much of bottom 1/3 of spine chipped away. Light foxing to endpapers. Untrimmed. With steel-engraved portrait of Bryant, signed & dated, "December 20th, 1875," by William Cullen Bryant mounted to front paste-down. Early owner's ink signature at head of title page. In custom 1/2 morocco slipcase & chemise.
First edition of Bryant's first book and his first published collection of poems, issued in a printing of 750 copies.
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