Fun for Uncle Sam
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Tune: Boston burglar.
Harris Broadsides
Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of American life, and includes poetry of every description: 18th and 19th century ballads, verse describing newsworthy events, poetic effusions of sentimentality and patriotism, comic verse, and much more. When completed, this digital project will include over 20,000 titles.
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Fun for Uncle Sam
Brown University
Tune: Boston burglar.
"Final release of reformed convicts from the Albany "House of Refuge" under the Miss-management of Miss J-emima W-himsical Mason." Program for June 28, 1866. Includes verse description of each item.
Full moon over Soledad
Brown University
Pages [2,4] blank. Text printed in black and blue-grey. Illustration of caged angel in blue with orange moon on page [1]. Poem in four stanzas of differing length. Acquired in 1972.
Full moon over Soledad
Brown University
Pages [2,4] blank. Text printed in black and blue-grey. Illustration of caged angel in blue with orange moon on page [1]. Poem in four stanzas of differing length. Acquired in 1972.
Frontier Scout. Vol 1, no. 12, August 31, 1865
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1 broadsheet. Printed in three columns divided by single lines. At head of text: Capt. E.G. Adams, editor ... Lieut. C.H. Champney, Publisher.
Frontier Scout. Vol 1, no. 12, August 31, 1865
Brown University
1 broadsheet. Printed in three columns divided by single lines. At head of text: Capt. E.G. Adams, editor ... Lieut. C.H. Champney, Publisher.
From-- Henry Russel's History of Marquette
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Page [4] blank. Printed in reddish brown on cream paper. Cover title. At head of text on page [2]: The following is taken from the Detroit Free Press of September 27, 1897. Type-signed at end of poem: A.E.W. Detroit, September, 1897.
From-- Henry Russel's History of Marquette
Brown University
Page [4] blank. Printed in reddish brown on cream paper. Cover title. At head of text on page [2]: The following is taken from the Detroit Free Press of September 27, 1897. Type-signed at end of poem: A.E.W. Detroit, September, 1897.
From-- Henry Russel's History of Marquette
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Page [4] blank. Printed in reddish brown on cream paper. Cover title. At head of text on page [2]: The following is taken from the Detroit Free Press of September 27, 1897. Type-signed at end of poem: A.E.W. Detroit, September, 1897.
From Without music
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Michael Palmer. At end of text: Boston 1 May 1975. A Fire Exit Broadside Printed at the Barn Dream Press.
From where Maine's farthest northern brook
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Elizabeth Akers. Printed on glossy white paper in postcard format in six columns. On recto reproductions of black-and-white landscape photographs captioned: Lock draw bridge, Scene on the Songo, and Songo lock, and two photographs of boats captioned: Sir Hawthorne and Sir Longfellow. Title from first line of poem. Poem in seven stanzas of varying length. "From 'Sunset song and other verses,' copyright 1902 by Lee and Shepard, Boston."
From Varese & "river up 28 feet"
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Caption title. Printed on beige paper. Poem printed on recto over length of piece. Cover title, printed horizontally on outside fold: From Varese by Ronald Caplan. Colophon at end of poem: Desert Review Press, 917 Idlewilde Lane, SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
From Two penny lane: a new novel
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by Fielding Dawson. Light gray-brown paper printed in black. At left of text reproduction of photograph of back view of girl holding books and looking at bookshelves. Title from verso. Imprint information from dealer.
From twenty-six North Washington Square
Brown University
Title from 1st line. Pages [2, 4] blank. Christmas card.
From twenty-six North Washington Square
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Title from 1st line. Pages [2, 4] blank. Christmas card.
From the sea to the mountains
Brown University
Tune: Perry's victory
From the sea to the mountains
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Tune: Perry's victory.
From the preface to Milton, 1804-1808
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William Blake. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in red and black on heavy white paper; rubricated initial. Poem in four four-line stanzas on page [1 Holiday greeting for Christmas 2004 and New Year 2005.
From the preface to Milton, 1804-1808
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William Blake. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in red and black on heavy white paper; rubricated initial. Poem in four four-line stanzas on page [1 Holiday greeting for Christmas 2004 and New Year 2005.
From the preface to Milton, 1804-1808
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William Blake. Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in red and black on heavy white paper; rubricated initial. Poem in four four-line stanzas on page [1 Holiday greeting for Christmas 2004 and New Year 2005.
From The new book / a book of torture
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Michael McClure. Reproduced typescript. Headed in upper right corner: Paterson Society, 16 Parker Street, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts. Typesigned at end: Michael McClure. San Francisco, 1961.
From the New Bedford Standard, of Sept. 15, 1854
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Prose and poetry. Prose account of little girl's death followed by poem that impressed her before her illness. Type-signed at end of prose paragraph: W.T.H.
From the hills of "Shawfieldmont"
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From the hills of "Shawfieldmont"
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From the hills of "Shawfieldmont"
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Page 2, 4 blank. At end of text: W.A.B.
From the heart of a little girl
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Broadsheet printed in red and blue Poetry and prose; printed within double line border, advertising the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Illustration of girl facing empty easy chair in lower part of recto; in right lower margin on verso Metropolitan Life Building bearing legend: The light that never fails. At end of text on verso: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ... Colophon on verso below border: M.L.I. Co. Press (c)1073 LM ...
From the heart
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Wilma Adams Busch. At head of title illustration of flying bird carrying letter; illustration signed: W.A.B. Cover title. "Feb. 1955." Includes 12 poems, beginning with Poet, unmet.
From the heart
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Wilma Adams Busch. At head of title illustration of Jesus Christ signed: W.A.B. Cover title. "Apr. 1955." Includes 6 poems and prose passage; first poem entitled: Man of Sorrows.
From the heart
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Wilma Adams Busch. At head of title illustration of castle signed: W.A.B. Cover title. "Mar. 1955." Includes 14 numbered poems and introductory poem entitled Old saws resharpened.