MAPLESSON, T. W. Gwilt. PEARLS OF AMERICAN POETRY. New York: Wiley & Putman, (1853). Sq. 4to.53pp each within different chromolithographic borders heightened in gold. Beveled black morocco, gilt title within shield on front cover, aeg, edges scuffed, rebacked in morocco with new endpapers, internally very clean. ¶ First Edition of a classic of American chromolithography, printed by A. Brett, with poems by Longfellow, Bryant, Whittier, Halleck et al. Marzio, Chromolithography: The Democratic Art, p.192. Bennett, American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books, p.71. Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 1261    inquire

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