The Poets of America With Explanatory Notes / George B. Cheever
Book
405 pages.
Text bordered in red. Inferior printing and paper.
First published by Silas Andrus and Son, Hartford 1847.
A collection of works by noted poets including William Cullen Bryant, R.H. Dana, F.G. Halleck, Lydia Sigourney, Pierpont (includes his "Hymn for the African Colonization Society"), J.G. Whittier, H.W. Longfellow, N.P. Willis, and others.
2015.7.73
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
American poetry.1880sCheap book production
8 in
George B. Cheever
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1880
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Ornate decorative embossed green cloth stamped in rust and black with Greek classical theme depicting a winged horse to the front cover. Gilt stamped spine decoration in a paneled frame with flowers and trailing leaves within. Tan floral patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.
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