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
Thebes and Other Poems.
Epic 218-page poem, “Thebes. A Poem to its Rise and Fall,” on the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Located near Nubia and the Eastern Sahara..... 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”, 1854–1920, Edward John Paxson.](/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
The Picture-Poetry Book.
Lovely copy of this charming little book of poetry by this African American author and noted African American illustratror Lois Mailou Jones. Washington, D.C.: Associated..... Read More
The Greatest of These.
The author’s first book, published in 1945. A short collection of poems from this Florida-native African American theologian, philosopher, and civil rights activist. ANB: “By..... Read More
In the Land of Dakota. A Little Book of North Dakota Verse.
A sweet, gentle little collection all about North Dakota and the land of prairie by this female author. Boston: Richard R. Badger, (1920). 45pp. Small... 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]. Isabel Fiske Conant, Susan L. W., 1874–? Isabella Fiske Conant, 1838–1921, Susan Lee Warner.](/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
Lincoln University Poets.
Edited by Waring Cuney, Langston Hughes, and Bruce McM. Wright. Foreword by Dr. Horace Mann Bond. Introduction by J. Saunders Redding. One of a 1000... Read More
Poems, Translations and Essays.
Commemorative book of poetry, drama, translations and short essays by Oliver Pancoast Lund M.D., D.D.S. (1862-1901), published a year after his death in 1902. Lund..... 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
![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 Handmade Poetical Booklets with 20 Original Watercolor and Gouache Illustrations by W.H. Leggett of Pontiac, Michigan, 1943–1947].
Captivating collection of four handmade booklets made by William H. Leggett augmented with 20 of his original watercolor illustrations with gouache highlights. Leggett’s booklets are..... Read More