The bravest of them all
Portrait of "Whistler's Mother" tipped in at head of title.
Portrait of "Whistler's Mother" tipped in at head of title.
Printed Oct. 1879 for the Old South Fair (cf. Currier, p. 161.) Wilson, II, 581, claims date of publication as 1876. Published in collections of Holmes' poems under title: An appeal for "The Old South."
Poetry. Printed in two columns divided by single line. Poem in twenty numbered four-line stanzas. At head of text prose explanation of visit of three Bradbury brothers after 57 years to their old hame in Exeter, meeting at the Barker homestead where the poem was "dashed off." At end of poem: Exeter, Sept. 21, 1873. Note--The five stanzas included in brackets were added to the original poem, by Noah Barker, a schoolmate of the Bradbury Boys, sixty years ago. Poem names Bradbury brothers as Cale, Ase, and Joe.
Tune: Patrick mind the baby.
Raymond Roseliep. Printed on wheat-colored paper in three columns. Three-line poem in each column, each type-signed: Raymond Roseliep. Title from first line in first poem. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and acquisition date of Brown University copy.
Poetry. Within border of type ornament sections. Poem in ten four-line stanzas, possibly by Rev. Duncan Dunbar. Suggested range of publication dates from type face and border.
Poetry. Within border of type ornament sections. Poem in ten four-line stanzas, possibly by Rev. Duncan Dunbar. Suggested range of publication dates from type face and border.
Poetry. Within border of type ornaments. Poem in six four-line stanzas possibly by Rev. Duncan Dunbar. Date from internal evidence.
Poetry. Within ornamental border. Poem in six four-line stanzas. At head of text, a paragraph on Rev. Duncan Dunbar, who had sung The bower of prayer, mentions his life available from Thomas Clapham; Dunbar may have been the author of the poem. Suggested range of publication dates from dates of editions of Jeremiah Chaplin's Duncan Dunbar, the record of an earnest minister, New York, 1865, 1868 and 1878; Dunbar was a New York clergyman born in Scotland.
Poetry. Within border of type ornaments. Poem in ten four-line stanzas, possibly by Rev. Duncan Dunbar. In lower margin: J.E. Ask, Printer, 378 Grand-St. entrance in Clinton. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence, especially type face and border.
Within border of type ornaments.
Within ornamental border. Air: Malbrouk.
Page [4] blank. Pages [2-3] within ornamental borders. Cover title. Air: Malbrook. At end of text: Bowdoin College, June, 1860.
Page [4] blank. Pages [2-3] within ornamental borders. Cover title. Air: Malbrook. At end of text: Bowdoin College, June, 1860.
Page [4] blank. Pages [2-3] within ornamental borders. Cover title. Air: Malbrook. At end of text: Bowdoin College, June, 1860.
by Walt Whitman. Pages [2] and [4] blank. French fold; printed on double page. Printed in brown and black on heavy tan paper; initial block; cover text within ornamental border; same border repeated at end of text. "A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver 1963"--p. [1]
by Walt Whitman. Pages [2] and [4] blank. French fold; printed on double page. Printed in brown and black on heavy tan paper; initial block; cover text within ornamental border; same border repeated at end of text. "A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver 1963"--p. [1]
Prose and poetry; printed on green. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Below double line in lower margin of page [1]: Julia Ward Howe, President. Oscar Fay Adams, Secretary.
Pages [1] and 4] blank. Parody of Foss's The house by the side of the road in four stanzas with "Epilogue." Type-signed at end: By R. Clay Jackson, 2014 West Street, Oakland, Calif. Printed vertically in left margin of page [3]: Copyrighted 1930 by the author--R. Clay Jackson.
Tune: Poor old Dad. At head of text: Composed by Messrs. Carey and Duggan, for the benefit of the strikers. At end of text: [Caution--All persons are forbidden using this song without permission ..
Tune: Poor old Dad. At head of text: Composed by Messrs. Carey and Duggan, for the benefit of the strikers. At end of text: [Caution--All persons are forbidden using this song without permission ..
Within single line border printed in white on grey with highlighted initial.
To be sung to the tune: When Johnny comes marching home. Text of song in five seven-line stanzas. In lower margin: Copyright by Samuel Grob, 1911.
At end of text: M.R.
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