The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated. 2 volumes
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston / Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, 1879. Leather. Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Two volumes Volume 1 published in 1879 and volume 2 published in 1882. Mildly ex-library, with no exterior library markings. Minor ink-stamps to interior. Pagination runs continuously through both volumes, with 16 pages of prefatory material to each volume and 928 total pages of text. Volumes are profusely illustrated. Volume 1 was printed in 1879, while volume 2 was printed in 1882. Very nicely and uniformly bound in 1/2 red leather, with 5 faux raised bands to spines, and gilt lettering, decorations, and rule to spines. Additional gilt to leather on boards. Marbled endpapers. Leather is generally very nice, with several small worn area to extremities. Just a touch of soiling to edges of pages. Bindings are sound, with reinforced hinges. There is a crease to the length of the front free endpapers of both volumes, which makes them tender and perhaps prone to becoming detached. Five early pages admit to a kind of yellow stain, which does effect illustrations and text, while an additional approximately 40 pages admit to a similar but faint yellow stain to upper margins. Minor red spotting to 2 printer's blanks. Tiny, closed and barely discernible tears to extremities of just a few pages. None of this wear is terribly offensive. This set would make a lovely addition to any library
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- Seller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 029575
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated. 2 volumes
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston / Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- 19th century American poets poetry antiquarian books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction/Poetry; RARE BOOKS;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
STILLWATER, Minnesota
About Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.
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- Folio
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- Good+
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Edges
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