The Writings of . . . In Prose and Verse. With a Memoir of the Author [by G. C. Verplanck]
by SANDS, ROBERT CHARLES
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Cloth faded and a little worn; some foxing; very good copy.
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834, 1834. First edition. Wright I, 2276; Sabin 76442; American Imprints 26627. Cloth faded and a little worn; some foxing; very good copy.. 2 vols, 4to, original tan linen and printed paper labels. Frontis portrait. The selected writings of prominent member of the New York literati during the Knickerbocker era, Robert C. Sands (1799-1832), who, among other things, founded the Atlantic Magazine and edited the New York Review with William Cullen Bryant. Included here are his main works of fiction, an interesting essay on American literature, selection of his verse and a brief biography of Sands by another member of the Knickerbocker scene, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (1786-1870). This copy is additionally an interesting association copy; from the library of American author and journalist James Lawson (1799-1880), friend and collaborator with many New York writers of the period. Lawson's signature on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a clipping of an obituary of Sands by Lawson from the New York Mercantile Advertiser, in which Lawson writes that Sands' genius had enriched the intellectual reputation of the country.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28242
- Title
- The Writings of . . . In Prose and Verse. With a Memoir of the Author [by G. C. Verplanck]
- Author
- SANDS, ROBERT CHARLES
- Format/Binding
- Wright I, 2276; Sabin 76442; American Imprints 26627
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth faded and a little worn; some foxing; very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834
- Date Published
- 1834
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