(Bryant, William Cullen)

"Bryant's American Poets" front-page review of Selections from the American Poets in New-Yorker (December 19, 1840)

First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Complete, original disbound newspaper in near fine condition. Fine.

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Book number: b17363

Bryant, William C. [Cullen]

"The Arctick Love to His Mistress" [poem] in New-York Mirror (January 20, 1838)

First Edition. 0 pp. Complete, original issue in near fine condition with minor foxing and a small nick on the lest edge. This issue was never bound.

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Book number: b12515

BRYANT, William Cullen (1794-1878)

Autograph Letter Signed / Unsigned Cabinet Card

This mainstay of the 19th century literary scene was a popular, influential liberal journalist and long-time editor of the "New York Evening Post," but is best remembered as a prolific poet whose best-known piece, "Thanatopsis," was written as a teenager. ALS, 1p, 5" X 8", New York, NY, 11 January 1865. Addressed to Richard Lathert. Very good. Lightly age toned, with inoffensive small mounting trace at top margin. On lightly-lined paper, Bryant boldly pens in rich brown ink the president of the Board of Directors of the Great Historic Insurance Company that "I am sorry that an indispensable engagement deprives me of the pleasure of accepting the invitation with which I have been honored, to the Annual Dinner of the Directors of your Board.." Accompanied by an outstandingly bright and pristine cabinet card photograph of Bryant, heavy stock round-cornered (as issued) 4¼" X 6½". Verso blank, but fine print below image reveals publication in New York, NY by Sarony in 1873. Bold full facsimile Bryant signature along bottom. Famous old-age three-quarters head-and-shoulders portrait of white-bearded Bryant with what appears to be a coarse cloth swathed about his shoulders toga-style. A superb pair. .

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Book number: 46293

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BRYANT, William Cullen

Autograph Manuscript Signed (Ams): "a Song for New Year's Eve

n.p. 31 December 1856. Manuscript. A handwritten poem on a 7-1/2" x 8" sheet of paper folded vertically SIGNED "W. C. Bryant" at the conclusion. The poem consists of 6 six-line stanzas with the second and third stanzas transposed from the final printed version and the second stanza here containing corrections and added lines. The poem's first and last stanzas: Stay yet, my friends, a moment stay Stay till the good old year, So long companion of our way, Shakes hands, and leaves us here. Oh stay, oh stay, One little hour, and then away. Even while we sing, he smiles his last, And leaves our sphere behind. The kind old year is with the past; Oh be the new as kind! Oh stay, oh stay, One parting strain, and then away. The word "good" as per the published version is struck through here with the word "kind" added above it. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020649

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, New Year's Eve, William Cullen Bryant, Manuscript, Literary Autographs, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature Signed 19th Century American Literature Manuscript Literature: American

BRYANT, William Cullen

Autograph Quotation Signed (Aqs)

10 April 1877. Manuscript. The second stanza of Bryant's poem "The Battle-Field" in the poet's hand, SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated by him at the conclusion on a 5" x 8" sheet of paper. Bryant, who was a founder of the Republican Party and fervent supporter of Abraham Lincoln, commemorates the Civil War dead: Ah, never shall the land forget How gushed the life blood of her brave Gushed warm with hope and courage yet Upon the soil they fought to save. Minor wrinkling and creases from folding. Near Fine with an attractive engraved portrait of the poet .

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Book number: 020992

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Civil War, William Cullen Bryant, Manuscript, Literary Autographs, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature Signed 19th Century American Literature Manuscript Literature: American

BRYANT, William Cullen

Autograph Manuscript Signed (Ams): "the Love of God

New York, 9 May 1864. Hardcover. A handwritten poem on an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated at the conclusion. Bound in 3/4 dark blue morocco leather and blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover containing the poem, an engraved portrait of Bryant, a hand-lettered calligraphic title page in red and black, and a typed transcript of the poem which consists of 18 lines with a number of differences in punctuation only from the printed version. FROM THE PROVENCAL OF BERNARI RASCAS All things that are on earth shall wholly pass away, Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye. The forms of men shall be as they had never been; The blasted groves shall lose their fresh and tender green; The birds of the thicket shall end their pleasant song, And the nigthingale shall cease to chant the evening long. The kine of the pasture shall feel the dart that kills, And all the fair white flocks shall perish from the hills. The goat and antlered stag, the wolf and the fox, The wild boar of the wood, and the chamois of the rocks, And the strong and fearless bear, in the trodden dust shall lie, And the dolphin of the sea, and the mighty whale, shall die. And realms shall be dissolved, and empires be no more, And they shall bow to death, who ruled from shore to shore; And the great globe itself, (so the holy writings tell,) With the rolling firmament, where the starry armies dwell, Shall melt with fervent heat--they shall all pass away, Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye. Contents Fine; front cover and first two blank pages neatly detached, leather on spine deteriorated. Overall Very Good .

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Book number: 021003

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Religion, William Cullen Bryant, Manuscript, Literary Autographs, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature Signed 19th Century American Literature Manuscript Literature: American

BRYANT, William Cullen

Autograph Manuscript (Am) of Thanatopsis with Signed Card

3 May 1878. Manuscript. Handwritten conclusion of Bryant's most famous poem and one of the best-known poems of the 19th century--"Thanatopsis"--on a 4-7/8" x 3-3/4" sheet of paper laid down on a slightly larger album size sheet; together with a small calling card SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated "May 3d 1878. With an engraved portrait of Bryant. There are a few changes in punctuation from the published version. Any MANUSCRIPT excerpt of this poem, especially such a substantial one as this, is quite rare. So live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of Death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him and lies down to pleasant dreams. Near Fine. Scarce and desirable Thanatopsis," written when Bryant was 15 years old and first published in THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW in September 1817, became Bryant's most celebrated poem and is often acknowledged as "the first great American poem." Although the poem remained popular throughout Bryant's life, autograph fair copies are surprisingly rare with only two examples offered at auction in the past 50 years, the last being at Christie's in 1993 containing the same excerpt as present here.

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Book number: 021355

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, High Spot, Religion, William Cullen Bryant, Manuscript, Literary Autographs, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, High Spots, Signed 19th Century American Literature Manuscript Literature: American

BRYANT, William Cullen

Autograph Manuscript Signed (Ams) of Concluding Lines of Thanatopsis

n.p. December 1872. Manuscript. Handwritten sixteen-line conclusion of Bryant's most famous poem and one of the best-known poems of the 19th century--"Thanatopsis"--on a 6-1/4" x 9" lined sheet of paper SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated "December 1872" at the conclusion. There are several word and a few punctuation changes from the published version. Any MANUSCRIPT excerpt of this poem, especially such a substantial one as this, is quite rare. As the long train Of ages glides away, the sons of men, The youth in life's fresh spring, and he who goes In the full strength of years, matron and maid, The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man, Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them. So live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of Death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him and lies down to pleasant dreams. Minor ink smudge to date; light wrinkling and toning. Very Good Thanatopsis," written when Bryant was 15 years old and first published in THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW in September 1817, became Bryant's most celebrated poem and is often acknowledged as "the first great American poem." Although the poem remained popular throughout Bryant's life, autograph fair copies are surprisingly rare with only two examples offered at auction in the past 50 years, the last being at Christie's in 1993.

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Book number: 021843

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, High Spots, William Cullen Bryant, Manuscript, Literary Autographs, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, High Spot Signed 19th Century American Literature Manuscript Literature: American

Bryant, William C. [Cullen]

Catterskill Falls" in New-York Mirror (June 11, 1836)

New York, New York Mirror, 1836. First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Complete, original small format newspapers in near fine condition. Fine.

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Book number: b19248

Bryant, William Cullen

"Catterskill Falls" in New York Mirror (June 11, 1836)

1836. First Edition. 0 pp. Complete original issue in fine condition with minor some foxing. Many issues of the New York Mirror were issued with a engraved print. The print accompny this issue is still attached and is heavily foxed.

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Book number: C5346

BRYANT, William Cullen. (Ed.).

États-Unis et Canada. L'Amérique du nord pittoresque. Traduit, revu et augmenté par Bénédict - Henry Revoil.

Paris, A. Quantin, 1880. Folio. Contemporary half red morocco. With double-page map and numerous wood-engravings. 779 pp. A fine illustrated description of North America.

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Book number: 10426

Keywords: America Canada

(BRYANT, William Cullen) HOMER

The Iliad of Homer with 5 Pages of Manuscript and 2 Pages of Corrected Page Proofs

Boston, Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Two quarto (7" x 9-3/4") volumes in contemporary half brown morocco leather with marbled boards and matching corners, spines with gilt lettering and decorations, marbled endpapers; [2], [xx], 398; [viii], 426 pages. Bound for politician and newspaper editor Whitelaw Reid, with his name stamped in gilt on the base of the spines. Reid corresponded with many major figures of the 19th century including Bryant who was a long-time editor of the NEW YORK EVENING POST. Blank verse translation of THE ILIAD by Bryant. Tipped in to the first volume opposite the corresponding printed pages are 2 pages of Proofs corrected in Bryant's hand. Tipped in and laid loosely in the second volume are 5 pages of MANUSCRIPT on 2 sheets. The larger sheet, tipped in, contains the text for the last 7 pages of Book V of the printed text. The loose sheet contains lines from Book XVI beginning "He spake, and mingled in the hard-fought fray." All told, approximately 1000 words in Bryant's hand of his important translation of this Greek classic. Light rubbing to bindings. Near Fine .

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Book number: 021034

Catalogue: Manuscript

Keywords: William Cullen Bryant, Manuscript, Literary Autographs, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Classics, Homer Signed 19th Century American Literature Manuscript Literature: American

Bryant, William Cullen (introduction). Bidwell, W.H. (editor)

Imperial Courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia and Austria. Richly Illustrated with Portraits of Imperial Sovereigns and Their Cabinet Ministers; with Biographical Sketches, and an Introduction by William Cullen Bryant

New York, Charles Scribner, 1863. Full Leather. Full morocco leather with ornamentation in blind. Xiv, 411 pp. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. A collection of biographical sketches of various royal, political and military leaders of various countries of Europe, looking at important former leaders, as well as those contemporary to the time of writing. This includes Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, The Emporer Alexander I, Count Orloff, King Victor Emmanuel, Count de Cavour, the Shah of Persia, etc. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading. Moderate scuffing to the leather along the spine, hinges and extremities. Small tear, with creasing to the leather at the tale of the spine. Owner's bookplate present. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 011287

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Noisbn

Bryant, William Cullen

"An Incident at Sorrento" in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (January, 1836)

First Edition. 0 pp. Original wrappers with the rear panel missing. Relatively light edgewear, creasing, and darkening. Scattered interior foxing.

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Book number: 021486

Bryant, William Cullen.

"The Knight's Epitaph" in New-York Mirror (September 19, 1835)

New-York Mirror, 1835. First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Original, complete disbound newspaper in fine condition with minor foxing. Fine.

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Book number: 017279