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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lovely, large brick red and gold hardback volume from the Victorian era, containing gorgeous full page engravings.
"A New Edition, with Illustrations" published in London by Chatto & Windus, Picadilly, 1876. Published during Longfellow's lifetime! (He lived from 1807-1882). May be the first illustrated edition! VERY RARE. I found no other copy for sale online. Possibly a second volume of a two volume set? I see no note of this in the book, however, the spine says "Portrait & Illustrations" and there is no "portrait" (biography) in the text. Also, a website that has the book available to read online seems to indicate that it this is Volume 2.
Sections: "Evangeline," "Voices of the Night," "Ballads," "Poems on Slavery, "Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems," "The Seaside and the Fireside," "The Spanish Student," "The Golden Legend," "The Song of Hiawatha," The Courtship of Miles Standish," "Birds of Passage," "Tales of a Wayside Inn," and more!
A few of the Table of Contents pages and the first twelve pages of text are loose, but not missing. Wear at edges and corners of cover. Slightly tattered at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise, very good condition.
Lovely, large brick red and gold hardback volume from the Victorian era, containing gorgeous full page engravings.
"A New Edition, with Illustrations" published in London by Chatto & Windus, Picadilly, 1876. Published during Longfellow's lifetime! (He lived from 1807-1882). May be the first illustrated edition! VERY RARE. I found no other copy for sale online. Possibly a second volume of a two volume set? I see no note of this in the book, however, the spine says "Portrait & Illustrations" and there is no "portrait" (biography) in the text. Also, a website that has the book available to read online seems to indicate that it this is Volume 2.
Sections: "Evangeline," "Voices of the Night," "Ballads," "Poems on Slavery, "Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems," "The Seaside and the Fireside," "The Spanish Student," "The Golden Legend," "The Song of Hiawatha," The Courtship of Miles Standish," "Birds of Passage," "Tales of a Wayside Inn," and more!
A few of the Table of Contents pages and the first twelve pages of text are loose, but not missing. Wear at edges and corners of cover. Slightly tattered at top and bottom of spine. Otherwise, very good condition.