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The Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Prose, including Outre-Mer, Hyperion, Kavanagh, The Poets and Poetry of Europe, etc., with Life of Longfellow by Robert Cochrane Hardback, 1888, Excelsior Edition, published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, Edinburgh, 576 pages.Green cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Patterning to spine and front board. Library reference number written on spine. Tears at top and bottom of spine. Boards and spine are a bit scuffed and a little marked but have retained much of their colour. Signs of shelf-wear and rubbing at edges. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding holding, though a little strained in places and substantial cracking to inner hinges, especially upper part of front one, but textblock still attached. Page edges deckled but neat. They are also a little browned. Foxing to endpapers and a little to foxing and marking throughout, with gift inscription to second front endpaper but pages generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton, Mifflin And Company, 1870. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Copyright 1870 By Mr. Wadsworth. The Date On The Frontispiece Is 1879. The Book Is Bound In Full Brown Leather With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Usual Library Markings. No Pocket Attached. Frontispiece Has Been Tape Repaired At The Gutter. The Leather Is Worn At The Edges And At The Lower Spine. Hinges Sound And The Text Appears To Be Free Of Notation.

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. Second Printing. Leather. Very Good. 8vo. xviii, 779 pp, 4 pp. Full brown calf with gilt-paneled spine and black label. Second printing (BAL 12078) with Collins imprint to copyright page. Boards moderately scuffed and soiled with heavier rubbing to joints and vertical crack to spine leather. Corners bumped with boards starting to push through, front hinge starting but holding firm. Bookplate and pencil signature of previous owner David Thaxter to fpd. Faint dampstaining to top edge and inner margin of text, affecting first 20-30 leaves. Some foxing to eps, rest of text is clean. Engraved frontis portrait and half title. Text block cracked at center but binding sturdy and sound.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845. First Edition, First Printing . Decorated Cloth. Good Plus. 9.5" x 6. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845. First printing, with imprint of Metcalf & Company on the copyright page [BAL 12078]. 779 pp, 9.5" x 6". Original gilt decorated cloth. Binding is in Good condition only, with fading, soiling and rubbing, especially to spine, and joints starting. Contents are Very Good, with minimal foxing and stains, some age toning. Extraordinarily scarce true first printing of Longefellow's hefty opus spanning several centuries of European poetry, with introductions and biographical notices by Longfellow, as well as a number of his original translations of foreign poems. Quite scarce. L-43n

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 X 9 3/8 Inches. 779 PP. First printing with the imprint of "Metcalf And Company" on the copyright page. Original deluxe three-quarter black morocco, raised hubs and gilt edges. Crown of spine bumped and some light wear to covers and edges, but an excellent copy of this scarce comprehensive anthology of several centuries of Euopean verse. Includes Longfellow's original translations of many authors. This particular copy bears the bookplate of William Winter (nicknamed "Weeping Willie" for his tear-jerking verse), a minor poet who later became a notable theatre critic. Winter's first book was dedicated to Longfellow and published in 1855. Although Winter knew Longfellow personally, he was a noted bibliophile and we assume this book was simply purchased by him (and not given to him). Minor foxing and toning and light stains to title-page.

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… Read More