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The Poets and Poetry of Europe
by LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. xviii, [2], 779pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece plate (portrait of Schiller engraved by John Sartain) and engraved title page. Imprint of "Metcalf And Company" on the copyright page, the first of two printings recorded in *BAL* (without priority). In the original publisher's light purple cloth with decorative blind stamping on both covers, pictorial device stamped in gold on front cover, spine stamped in blind with gilt lettering. Ownership signature (dated 1938) of a noted American psychologist in ink on front free endpaper. Modest sunning to the spine and edges of the boards, shallow fraying and one small tear at the head of spine, corners are bumped, near fine, with intermittent light toning to some of the text pages. Longfellow's massive anthology, a tour de force through the history of poetry in ten European nations. In addition to notes, the anthology features numerous translations by Longfellow. A beautiful and well-preserved, bright copy. *BAL* 12078.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 459417
- Title
- The Poets and Poetry of Europe
- Author
- LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Carey and Hart
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- AmerLit19thCent, Bindings, Poetry, Anthology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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