13 January 1868. Letter. Two page letter on 5" x 8" THE EVENING POST stationery addressed to "Dear Madam" and SIGNED "W. C. Bryant." Bryant turns down a poem by a previous contributor, stating that it is “not equal by any means to those which I once received from you.”.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Thomas Nason. Hardcover. Large octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full black sheepskin leather with gilt lettering. Selected and edited with a commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated with lovely wood engravings by Thomas Nason, perhaps best known for his illustrations of several of Robert.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Thomas Nason. Hardcover. Large octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full black sheepskin leather with gilt lettering. Selected and edited with a commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated with lovely wood engravings by Thomas Nason, perhaps best known for his illustrations of several of Robert.....
1872. Photograph. Sepia portrait photograph (4" x 5-1/2") mounted to a larger sheet of white stock where it is SIGNED by Bryant beneath the image and dated 25 January 1872. Framed to an overall size of 9-1/2" x 12"
