Dear Biob,
I had a copy of your edition for some years atarting in 1956. I bought it
from Samuel Weiser's junk table for 25 cents. I had much less bibliography
and when I looked it up, I remembered being disappointed when I finally
worked it out.
Gabriel
At 04:34 PM 9/27/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanks GL,
>though that would certainly snuff my candle of hope that I've the first
>American.(The only other reference replied was NCBEL for an 1848 NY.)
>I appreciate your efforts.
>Bob Mueller
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>From: Laderman <zita@interport.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
>Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 2:42 PM
>Subject: Re: Query: What is 1st Amer. ed. of Biographia Literaria?
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>>Biographia literaria, or, Biographical sketches of my literary life and
>>opinions
>>Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. New York : Kirk and Mercein, C.S. Van
>Winkle);
>>United States; New York; New York.
>>1817 2 v. in 1 ; p., 21 cm. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 40512.
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>>This is a good candidate.
>>GL.
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