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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kavanagh, A Tale.. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$8.82 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Binding is faded, has moderate wear and rubmarks, few stains, light foxing marks within with more moderate foxing on endpapers. A story by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the famous Maine author. 188 pages.

Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. KAVANAGH, A Tale. Ticknor, Reed, & Fields, Boston, Massachusetts, 1849.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Description: Boston: Ticknor, Reed, & Fields, 1849. Later state. 188 pages, 4p May 1, 1849 publisher list at front. 7.5 x 4.75", blind stamped black cloth, gold spine lettering. 'James E. Estabrook, Worcester' on fly leaf. Tips chipped, text clean, tight, VG.

Seller: Peter L. Masi - books, MONTAGUE, MA, U.S.A.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kavanagh: A Tale. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$16.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Brown cloth binding with wear to extremities, with loss of cloth on head/heel of spine. Some discoloration. Well bound, both covers firmly attached. Front end page pulled, unmarked, paper still bright with scattered light foxing. Questions welcome. Images can be made upon request. Comments: Publisher list at beginning of book, dated May 1, 1849; Page 177, line 11 mistyped word "would" and last page has printed "end"

Seller: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kavanagh ( A Tale ). Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849.

Price: US$19.56 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Shelf 1098 Text clean; book tight; paper lightly browned; few pencil margin marks; a small amount of pencil writing on FFEP; wear to the surface, edges and corners of covers incl.uding bumped and rubbed corners, rubbing to surface and edges; chip to head and foot of spine strip, some small marks on surface; Not a book club (BC)copy. Not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.

Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kavanagh; a tale. Boston, Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: BAL 12096. Conforms to the first four points of BAL's first printing and to the last three points of BAL's "first printing, Altered States". The inserted catalogue conforms to BAL's State A. Covers mottled and stained; extremities frayed; ends of backstrip chipped, and cloth split at front edge; front hinge shaken; foxing and staining throughout; rounded section torn from outside margin of rear free endpaper; previous owners name on preliminary blank. A shabby but usable copy. ]. 188p.

Seller: Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. KAVANAGH. Ticknor Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Brown blind stamped boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. All in pretty good condition. Boards have uneven sun fading. Little bit of foxing on the end pages. List of other publications precedes text. Very nice tight copy. 188 pages.

Seller: Martin Kaukas Books, Manchester, VT, U.S.A.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kavanagh, A Tale [First Issue] - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849.

Price: US$26.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First issue, 1849. Exterior heavily worn with spline splitting and missing cloth. Text unmarked, though pages are foxed. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.)

Seller: Big Star Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kavanagh; A Tale. Ticknor, Reed, & Fields, Boston, MA, 1849.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: 16mo. [4], 188 pp. Cloth binding, gilt embossed lettering, blind stamped decoration and cover design, ownership stamp, else good copy. (92085).

Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kavanagh, a Tale. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$33.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition, first issue. Second novel by the author. Literary discussions and lives form the basis for this amusing romance of a small New England town. Points: page 173 full stop (period) after "left". Page 172 "wonld". Publisher's adverts dated May 1, 1849 at front. Original stamped cloth binding shows some signs of rubbing, especially at the edges and corners, 1/4 x 1 inch chip missing at top of spine. Otherwise, overall, in good+ condition. 188 pages.

Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.. Kavanagh, A Tale.. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: 4 pp. ads (dated May 1, 1849); 188 pp. Small 8vo, publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt-lettered spine. First edition, mixed state with five first printing points and two second printing points. BAL 12096. Bookplate on pastedown; a few light spots to cloth and wear at extremities; very good.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.. Kavanagh (First Edition). Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$49.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full blind stamped deocrated purple cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, spine and front cover unevenly sun faded, mild wear. A lightly foxed 4pp publisher catalog upfront dated May 1, 1849. Other pages in the body of the book unfoxed but slightly soiled. Overall in GOOD condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kavanagh: A Tale. Ticknor, Reed & Fields Boston 1849, 1849.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: Good + First Edition Printing Not Spec. 12mo = 7-9" No DJ 188pp Dark black/green cloth covers have decoration on spine. Bumped on top/bottom of spine and corners, some soiling to covers. Inside of front cover a small piece of the left corner of pasted down paper has been peeled off. First few pages consist of a listing of other titles by the publisher. Some slight foxing throughout. none

Seller: Heritage Books, Southampton, MA, U.S.A.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kavanagh: A Tale. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: For sale is Kavanagh: A Tale by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Signed? -- See third photo. On the front endpaper is the faint inscription: ". . . / July 4, 1849 / With highest regards of / the Author H.W.L." Please note: We have not been able to verify this as Longfellow's handwriting. Published Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849. Presumed First Edition. Cloth hardcover with blind stamped decoration on front and rear. 188 pp. 5" x 7.5". Fair Condition. Please examine photos closely. Covers show wear, age, soiling. Titles on spine are almost completely faded. Binding is firm. Rear hinge starting. Damage to front pastedown and endpaper (see photo); Previous owner's stamp at top of Copyright page and first page of text; wear, staining, age spotting, waviness throughout. Local buyers are welcome to pick item up at our store in Rochester on Monroe Ave. Please ask any questions before bidding/purchase.

Seller: Before Your Quiet Eyes, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kavanagh. Ticknor, Reed and Fileds, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Brown boards with blind stamped pattern. Binding is good. Boards are somewhat faded. Small nick on the spine. Top edge of spine worn. All the verification points of a first print are present. Foxing present.

Seller: Sheafe Street Books, Portsmouth, NH, U.S.A.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kavanagh, A Tale. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition, first state of the first printing with all points (BAL 12096). Brown cloth, sides stamped in blind. Lacking top quarter and bottom inch of backstrip. Inserted catalog at front, dated May 1, 1849. Book plate for the King Library, Andalusia (Bensalem), Pa. on front pastedown (vol. no. 368) and library rubber stamp on p. 151. Pages show foxing and edges are darkened. The last few leaves have a grubby appearance, heavier in the top and bottom margins. The word ''END'' is not present on the final page. 188 p. The first printing (5100 copies) was completed by May 12, 1849, on which date it was put on sale.

Seller: Boyd Used & Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. KAVANAGH, A TALE. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, [i-iv], [1]-188 pages. In Good condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt text and blindstamped ornamentation on spine and both covers. Boards have bumping and rubbing to corners, bottom corner of rear cover torn off, splitting to rear joint near tail edge, mild to moderate edge wear and shelf wear, and discoloration to covers. Textblock has foxing to pages and marking in pencil on pages 33 and 35. First Printing, Altered State indicated by "the" on page 177 line 11, "less than" page 180, line 6, and "END" at end of text. Shelved Room A. BAL 12096. 1372325. Special Collections. First Edition, First Printing, Altered State.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kavanagh, A Tale. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing, mixed states of points listed by BAL. Of those noted by BAL the points following page 177 are in the altered stated. Publisher's advertisements dated May 1, 1949 at front. 188pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mr. Kavanaugh, the local minister and his would-be-novelist friend, the schoolmaster Mr. Churchill, with their romances, aspirations, literary discussions and lives form the basis for this amusing romance and tale of a small New England town. BAL 12096; Harris Collection of American Poetry 150 (noting that it is not a poem) Original purple cloth. Binding rubbed with some wear, some browning of text, especially of the advertisements and adjoining leaves, remains of signature on pastedown else a very good copy Publisher's advertisements dated May 1, 1949 at front. 188pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, first printing, mixed states of points listed by BAL. Of those noted by BAL the points following page 177 are in the altered stated.

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kavanagh, A Tale. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$79.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1849. First edition, mixed state, 1849, with the uncorrected error on page 172 and "end" on final page. Fair to good in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and blindstamped decoration to covers, four-page publisher's catalog dated May 1, 1849 bound in before the front free endpaper, 188 pages. Covers have some light colored spotting as well as expected edgewear, light wearthrough at the spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, occasional foxing and age-toning throughout, minor old dampstaining to far outer edges of preliminary blank and halt-fitle, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,. Kavanagh. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, Boston, 1849.

Price: US$86.00 + shipping

Description: 188p. Ads dated May 1, 1849 inserted at beginning. BAL 12096. In this copy quires 1 - 11 match the first printing, quire 12 matches the second printing Very good condition, spine ends worn First edition, first printing, altered state.

Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH.. Kavanagh, A Tale. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1849, 1849.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition; first printing; with mostly first state points; this particular state is not noted by the BAL (12096), which describes first state copies, as well as first printings with 'altered states'; with a second printing of the same title; cloth wear; good copies in a custom cloth slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Kavanagh, A Tale. Ticknor, Reed And Fields, Boston, MA, 1849.

Price: US$238.59 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition first printing, matching dates 1849 on the title and copyright pages, " 4 pages of "A List of Ticknor, Reed and Fields published books dated May 1, 1849" bound in front of the book, pp. 172, line 11 "wonld". Hardcover in purple embossed cloth with gold lettering on the spine, no DJ as issued. Condition very good, square and pretty tight book, very slight foxing on the page edges, very small portions of the crown and foot of the spine is missing, covers slightly faded. 12mo, pp. 4 [ads], [viii], 188, [2] blank. No names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages.

Seller: monobooks, Livingston, NJ, U.S.A.