Notes of a Veteran Life Agent.
Rather scarce late 19th-century tract written by an enthusiastic life insurance agent who wants to broaden and expand the life insurance field into the thoughts... Read More
American Poetry
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![The Ballad of the Brown Girl. An Old Ballad Retold. [Signed by the Author]. Countee Cullen.](/images/noimage-req.png)
The Ballad of the Brown Girl. An Old Ballad Retold. [Signed by the Author]
Dedicated to the poet Witter Bynner and with decorations and a double-plate illustration. by Charles Cullen. DANB: “While in college Cullen also greatly sharpened his... Read More
The Black Christ and Other Poems.
By the time of Black Christ, published while he was abroad, Cullen had “tired of racial themes.”¹ His poem “To Certain Critics” is often cited... Read More
[Hannah Darlington and Sarah M. Darlington Copy Book with Calligraphic Illustrations].
1853–1856 copy book kept by Quaker girls Hannah Darlington and Sarah M. Darlington of Parkerville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The copy book collects poems and calligraphic... Read More
Black Labor Chant and Other Poems.
Extraordinary volume of posthumously published poetry by an African-American educator. Illustrated poems on themes of racial discrimination, segregation, and violence are prominently featured. Half the... Read More
![Songs and Poems,—and Writings of,—Edward Jay. The Property of Edward J. Paxson.—Vol. 2— [manuscript caption title]. Edward J. Paxson, “Edward Jay”, Edward John Paxson, 1854–1920.](/pictures/thumb/3727219_1.jpg?v=1535553285)
Songs and Poems,—and Writings of,—Edward Jay. The Property of Edward J. Paxson.—Vol. 2— [manuscript caption title].
Dramatically decorated and highly illustrated handwritten album of poetry and some prose by Philadelphian Edward J. Paxson. Using the pseudonym “Edward Jay,” Paxson writes of... Read More
Gleanings: Girlhood and Womanhood.
Posthumously published, privately printed collection of writings and poems by Elizabeth C. Hill (1825–1887) of Concord, New Hampshire. The volume was published by her husband... Read More
![[Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865. Eugene Munday.](/pictures/thumb/3726712_1.jpg?v=1534362447)
[Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865.
Undoubtedly composed and printed within days of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, this sorrowful tribute takes its name from the April 15, 1865 newspaper headline... Read More
[1838–1841 Friendship Album. Kept by Martha Shippee in Jefferson County, New York an Charlemont, Massachusetts].
Poetical friendship album kept by Martha Shippee in Jefferson County, New York, 1838–1841, before her 1844 marriage to Isaac Farley and removal to Charlemont, Massachusetts... Read More
The Poets and Poetry of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Johnston’s collection is notable for not only the poems he has gathered, but the thumbnail sketches of the author’s within. Authors of both gender are... Read More
Poems and Near-Poems.
Scarce collection of American poetry and essays with an unusual imprint: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney, [Pennsylvania]: Press of the Spirit Publishing Company, 1912. 87pp. First Edition... Read More
![[MacDowell Colony Poem, other Sonnets, and a Typed Letter by Isabel Fiske Conant; accompanied by an Autograph Letter Signed by Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner, MacDowell Club Perfomer]. 1874–? Isabel Fiske Conant; Isabella Fiske Conant, Susan Lee Warner; 1838–1921, Susan L. W.](/pictures/thumb/3725240_1.jpg?v=1534362306)
[MacDowell Colony Poem, other Sonnets, and a Typed Letter by Isabel Fiske Conant; accompanied by an Autograph Letter Signed by Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner, MacDowell Club Perfomer].
Isabel Fiske Conant a.k.a. Isabella Fiske Conant Three typed sonnets and a typed letter by prolific late 19th and early 20th century poet Isabel Fiske... Read More
Mid Light and Shade.
Collection of poetry by this obscure American poet. New York: Duffield and Company, 1921. 107pp. First Edition. Small octavo. Quarter cloth, paper covered boards, printed... Read More
Typed Letter Signed from Yogi Pundit Achaye, pseudonym of Basudeb Bhattacharya, in 1940.
Friendly letter from Yogi Pundit Acharya (i.e. Basudeb Bhattacharya) written to author, scholar, lecturer, and radio personality, William Lyon Phelps (1865–1943) thanking Phelps for praise... Read More
![The Life Boat. A Poem. [within:] A Discourse Delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 10,1806. Thaddeus Mason Harris.](/pictures/thumb/3727268_1.jpg?v=1534362507)
The Life Boat. A Poem. [within:] A Discourse Delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 10,1806.
Of drownings, and lifeboats, and lifesaving: “As you peruse the interesting details, with tears of joy you will thank God for the discovery which led... Read More
The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the Woman’s Club.
Advertising card for a public reading of African American poetry, given by Truda T. Weil at the Woman’s Club of Reading, Pennsylvania. The program consisted... Read More
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
First Edition of the first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Blockson 101: “A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection... Read More
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
Second printing of the first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Within are texts by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Booker T. Washington, James Weldon... Read More
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
“A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection of pre-World War II Afro-American writings ever published. This impressive and indispensable anthology... Read More
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes. [Signed by Co-Editor]
The first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Signed by co-editor, Sterling Allen Brown, while a professor at Howard University; black professor, poet, folklorist, son... Read More
![Volk-Songs Translated From the Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum [and] Selections From the Poems of Alexander Petofi. Hugo von Meltzel; or von Meltzl.](/pictures/thumb/141254_1.jpg?v=1534362269)
Volk-Songs Translated From the Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum [and] Selections From the Poems of Alexander Petofi.
Rare. No copies recorded in America. Translated by Henry Phillips, Jr. Hugo von Meltzel’s or Meltzl’s work is the first English translation of Romanian folk... Read More
Four Lincoln University Poets: Waring Cuney, William Allyn Hill, Edward Silvera, Langston Hughes.
Published by the historically black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, poetry from Langston Hughes, Waring Cuney, William Allyn Hill, and Edward Silvera. [Lincoln University, Pa. 1930,]... Read More
![[Colorado:] The Homes of Our Favorite Poets. Wilson & Barnard.](/pictures/thumb/3726690_1.jpg?v=1534362442)
[Colorado:] The Homes of Our Favorite Poets.
Advertising booklet for Pueblo, Colorado dry goods merchants Wilson & Barnard. While the booklet touts the Wilson and Barnard’s new building and their store’s amenities... Read More
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