first edition Hardcover
1881 · New York
by Bryant, William Cullen; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes; James Russell Lowell
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). viii, 192 pages of text. Original decorative hardcover cloth binding is moderately shelfworn and soiled, remaining intact and attractive. Illustrated with portraits of the poets, facsimiles of handwritten poems, and illustrations of their homes. Essays are written by H. N. Powers, F. B. Sanborn, and R. H. Stoddard. Previous owner's name neatly on a front endpaper. Minor yellowing/browning/aging to the text. First edition.. (Inventory #: 014649)