Specimens of American Poetry (1829)

Samuel Kettell. SPECIMENS OF AMERICAN POETRY, WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 3 vols. (complete). Boston: S. G. Goodrich and Co., 1829. Hardcover. Leather bound with red labels and gilt on spine. 12mo; xlviii, 353; x, 408; x, 406pp.
7 3/16 x 4 5/8 in. each
This important anthology includes the work of poets such as Cotton Mather, William Cullen Bryant, Longfellow, and many others. The Catalogue of American Poetry at the end of vol. 3 lists "Tamerlane, and other poems, by a Bostonian. Boston, 1827" (p. 405) which is a reference to Edgar Allen Poe's first published work.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Light scuffing and staining to leather, general rubbing at corners, joints, and head and tail of spine, edgewear, vol. 1 with some loss to leather at head of spine and severe cracking at joint with partial separation of front cover, vols. 2 and 3 very sturdy; foxing and light toning and offsetting to interiors, otherwise clean and unmarked, vol. 2 with corner loss to front free endpaper, vol. 3 front free endpaper loose. Good condition overall.