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    By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Boston   Ticknor and Fields
    8" by 6" [5], 120pp
    An illustrated copy of this popular anthology by the 19th century American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
    By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    1859 The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems

    Boston   Ticknor and Fields
    8" by 6" [5], 120pp
    An illustrated copy of this popular anthology by the 19th century American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
    £95.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 846N6
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    Illustrated, Original Binding, Signed Binding

    A collection of poetry by popular American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with 25 illustrations, collated and complete. An uncommon edition of Longfellow's popular collection, illustrated by John Gilbert, and engraved by the Dalziel brothers. Although Longfellow's popularity declined after his death, during his lifetime he was one of the most popular poets in the US. Known for their musicality, Longfellow's poems often present myths and legends, or address moral and cultural values. This collection opens with The Courtship of Miles Standish, a narrative poem that focusses on a love triangle between three passengers of the Mayflower, the boat English settlers travelled on to North America in 1620. Includes other poems such as Haunted Houses, The Jewish Cemetery at Newport, and Santa Filomena. With 25 illustrations drawn by John Gilbert, and engraved by the Dalziel brothers, collated and complete. Sticker to front pastedown from 'G.A. Poynder. Second Hand Book-shop in Reading'. Binders sticker to the rear pastedown. Bound by 'Bone & Son. 16 Fleet Street. London'.

    Condition

    In an embossed red cloth binding. Externally, sound. A little rubbed to the boards, and more so to the spine. Bumped to the head of the spine, with a little loss of cloth and some closed tears. There is a tear in the cloth at the rear joint near the tail of the spine, and a little loss of cloth to the tail of the spine. Both hinges starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright but lightly spotted throughout.

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