1870 Rare with Longfellow Signature - The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

 

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Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Title: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Complete Edition. Illustrated.
Publisher: Boston, Fields, Osgood, and Co., 1870.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 "X 5 ". 
Pages: viii-363 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good contemporary full morocco leather binding with blind decorations (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing mainly on the illustrations - as shown, name of a previous owner on the second blank pages - as shown) WITH pasted photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a clipped inscription mounted to a card, SIGNED BY AUTHOR Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow 1876." on the first blank.
Illustrations: Complete with all the full-page illustrations with a protective tissue guard.

Estimation : (USD 750 - USD 1000)

The book: Rare and attractive edition of the Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow including Evangeline - A Tale of Acadie and Song of Hiawatha WITH pasted photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a clipped inscription mounted to a card, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, in a nice contemporary leather binding.

The author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets from New England.