(EARLY AMERICAN POETRY) Kettell Samuel (ed) Specimens of Ame

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(EARLY AMERICAN POETRY.) Kettell, Samuel (ed.). Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical and Biographical Notices. 3 volumes. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 black morocco over marbled boards, spine titles gilt in compartments, boards, joints and corners scuffed; vol. 3 with marginal dampstaining. Boston: S.G. Goodrich & Co., 1829

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first edition of the first comprehensive anthology of american poetry. Contains selections from nearly 200 poets including works by Cotton Mather, Irving, Longfellow, Whittier and Ben Franklin. Includes The Catalogue of American Poetry at the end of vol. 3 with "Tamerlane, and other poems, by a Bostonian, Boston, 1827" listed, representing the first mention in a book of Edgar Allan Poe or his work. BAL 3251; Sabin 37655; Heartman & Canny, p.15.