J. Howard Flower. Initial block. Title from first line. Poem in four four-line stanzas. Publisher information from dealer.

J. Howard Flower. Initial block. Title from first line. Poem in four four-line stanzas. Publisher information from dealer.

J. Howard Flower. Initial block. Title from first line. Poem in four four-line stanzas. Publisher information from dealer.

Within border of type ornaments.

Printed in two columns divided by single line. Poem in 20 four-line stanzas. At end of text: Ephrim Swackhammer, son of old woman Swackhammer. Publication date suggested because of mention of battles of Shiloh and Prairie Grove, which took place in 1862. Author's name may be pseudonym.

Title same as first line. Facsimile of author's signature at foot of text. Tipped into cover decorated with white silk ribbon and wax seal.

Page [4] blank. Cover title. Text of two untitled hymns or poems, the first in three eight-line stanzas, the second in five four-line stanzas. Place of publication from ms. notation on Brown University copy.

Program of play for the benefit of the Boston Art Students' Association and poem. "The performance will be under the personal direction of Mr. James Gilbert. The music of the 'Jabberwock' song is by Mr. Robert Atkinson and the music of the 'Soup of the evening' song is by an unknown author."--P. [3] Title from p. [3]

Printed area: 17 x 9 cm. Within ornamental border. Poem in 8 stanzas describing, in pro-Dorr terms, capture of Acote's Hill in Chepachet by government forces.

1 broadsheet. Printed in blue. Contains 5 odes.

Poetry. To be sung to the tune: Dandy Jim from Caroline. Printed in three columns within border of type ornaments; below title cut of four wine barrels with decanter at center. At end of text within border: Kendall's Rotery [i.e. Rotary] Press--No. 8, Park St., Boston. Publication date suggested because included in Wolf's bibliography of song sheets published between 1850 and 1870. Comic song in 31 stanzas and chorus, addressed by unsuccessful henpecked husband to scheming wife.

Title same as first line.

Pages [2]-[4] blank. Poem in four eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end: Richard S. Spofford. Newburyport, Mass.

Pages [1] and [4] blank. Publicity for brands of flour includes letters dated Dec. 1, 1859, announcement of a prize contest, and a poem by a customer dated Nov. 24, 1859.

Poem in 12 lines. At end of text: Confessed at Hartford, by John M.K. Davis on this nineteenth day of November, 1940.

Poetry. Printed in two columns. Stamped in lower margin: R. Astley, 77 Purchase St. New Bedford, dealer in magazines, newspapers, and songs. At head of text of first song: Banjo melody, as sung by the famed Virginia Minstrels. Sheet music entitled Alabama Joe, with same first line and first line of chorus, published in Boston in 1840 Publication date suggested because the Virginia Minstrels formed troupe in 1843 and disbanded in 1844--E. L. Rice, Monarchs of minstrelsy, New York, 1911 p. 11-12. Second song ascribed to Dorothy Jordan by Thomas L. Philbrick in "British authorship of ballads in the Isaiah Thomas collection," Studies in bibliography, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, v. 9, 1957, p. 255-258. First line of chorus of Alabama Joe:.

Printed on green paper. Song in two eight-line stanzas with nine-line chorus. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence; Nellie Richards appeared on New York stage in 1870s and 1880s.

Fielding Dawson. Three prose poems, issued in lettered and decorated folder. Title from folder. "500 copies printed"-Butterick.

Printed in blue, green and black on heavy paper in postcard format. At head of title illustration of pair of peacocks. Title from first lines. Type-signed at end of poem: C.J.B. Author's full name not on item.

Printed in blue, green and black on heavy paper in postcard format. At head of title illustration of pair of peacocks. Title from first lines. Type-signed at end of poem: C.J.B. Author's full name not on item.

Printed in brown, gray and tan on heavy paper in postcard format. Within ornamental colored border. Poem type-signed: C.J.B. "From the writings of Carrie Jacobs-Bond"--Verso.

Printed in brown, gray and tan on heavy paper in postcard format. Within ornamental colored border. Poem type-signed: C.J.B. "From the writings of Carrie Jacobs-Bond"--Verso.

Printed in brown, gray and tan on heavy paper in postcard format. Within ornamental colored border. Poem type-signed: C.J.B. "From the writings of Carrie Jacobs-Bond"--Verso.

Within border of type ornaments. At head of text: Notice. - The bearer having lost his eyesight, ..

Printed on glossy white card stock. Title from first line. Poem in nine lines. Author's name from ms. signature, "Clementine," a recognized pseudonym, on Brown University copy; suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and date of author's death.