The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with Explanatory Notes
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
London, New York: Frederick Warne and Co. Full brown ribbed cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and stamped gilt facsimile signature on the front cover, moderate wear and soiling, school price plate behind the front cover, splitting to the endpaper at the gutter, age-toned and foxed half title, engraved frontispiece. Title in red and black ink. Top edge gilt other edges untrimed. Overall in GOOD MINUS condition. . Full Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Title
- The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with Explanatory Notes
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London, New York
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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