1878 Rare Victorian Edition - Longfellow's Poetical Works (11 Volume Box Set).
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(Description)
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Title: Longfellow's Poetical Works.
Publisher: London: Georges Routledge and Sons, 1878. The Author's Pocket-Volume Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: Box 7" X 5.5" X 4". Books 5" X 3.5".
Pages: Over 2000 pages.
Binding: Attractive and near fine original full-cloth binding (hinges fine - as shown) in the good original box (worn and scuffed but still solid - as shown).
Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight and clean, toning of endpapers - as shown).
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).
The Books: "Scarce in the original box, this complete set of Longfellow's Poetical Works, contains:
1. VOICES OF THE NIGHT, AND EARLIER POEMS
2. EVANGELINE, AND MILES STANDISH
3. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA
4. THE SPANISH STUDENT, AND JUDAS MACCABEUS
5. TRANSLATIONS, SONGS, AND SONNETS
6. TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN
7. THE DIVINE TRAGEDY
8. THE GOLDEN LEGEND
9. THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES
10. BIRDS OF PASSAGE: SONNETS
11. FLOWER DE LUCE, ETC., ETC."
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.