A Bibliographical Description of Books and Pamphlets of American Verse Printed from 1610 Through 1820 by Stoddard, Roger E. (edited By David R. Whitesell)

University Park, Pennsylvania: (2012): Pennsylvania State University Press for the Bibliographic Society of America. First Edition. Thick Quarto. 809 pages, by author with title index. The American Antiquarian Society partnered with the Bibliographical Society of America at the major symposium Poetry & Print in America in 2012 and this work was introduced as the definitive work of its kind on early American poetry. The engravings of such famous early American poets as Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth Bleecker and Joel Barlow are shown as well as many others. As Michael Winship at the University of Texas notes: "This important, indeed groundbreaking work promises to contribute immensely to our understanding of both early American literary culture and the history of American printing and publishing." Essential not only for scholars but any serious student of early American poetry. A fine, as new copy bound in black cloth lettered in gilt, in fine dust jacket all still in shrink wrap.