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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES. Ticknor and Fields, 1868, 1868.
Price: US$10.26 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition, Pocket size Hardback, no d/j. Green boards with gilt lettering, have a bumped and scuffed spine and corners and some staining, ex Libris sticker inside front cover, o/w good
Seller: Joan Andrews, Alton, United Kingdom
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, 1868.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: Previous owner's name on front end page, dated 1869. Pages are tanned and a bit fragile. Corners are bumped. Some shelf wear to top and bottom of spine.
Seller: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 179 pp, all points of this book check with BAL 12150, the book is x-library, the pages are clean nad tight, endpapers have remnants of book plate and card pocket ( ? ), title page is stamped with library name, the covers are tight with some edge wear and tape remnant of a shelf tag on the lower spine.
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor And Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brick cloth gilt, binding B (pendants are hollow outline). Boston edition. Ex-library with usual markings. Light rubbing at extremities. PayPal accepted.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good. Hardcover, rubbed at spine ends and corners, spine chipping, hinges cracked, spine browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green w/gilt. Ex lib. w/small ink notation heel of spine, lib label inside front cover, card pocket inside rear cover, due slip rear endpaper, just starting inside rear cover, heavy wear head and heel of spine, edges rubbed, light foxing throughout text.
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, Ma, 1868.
Price: US$18.81 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair Condition hard cover no jacket 179 pages dark red cover with gold lettering on front cover and spine. binding is good and tight with pages in excellent shape but slightly yellowed with age. spine is damaged at the top and the gold lettering is very faded.
Seller: Foxtrot Books, Yankton, SD, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover, first edition, fully bound in green cloth by Welch, Bigelow, and Co, with gilt lettering to front and to spine. Light rubbing to board edges and tanning to page block and page edges. Slight hinge break at FEP. Small pencilled notation from previous bookseller to FEP reverse, easily removed if desired. Contents clean. AD
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, first issue. Tightly bound in maroon cloth with ornate gold titles. Shelf and edge wear and fading to the spine, otherwise Very Good. The text shows light shelf wear, the endpapers have scuffs with paper loss and the rear free endpaper has a 3" tear at inner hinge. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York City. There is a penciled handwritten number and Mercantile Library stamp on the title page and some of the internal pages. There are no other indications of the library's ownership.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition, early state with unbattered type on pages 12, 71. Bound in brown cloth with gold lette ring, 179 pages. About VG, corners bumped & rubbed, base of spine rubb ed. Old, light damp stain shows on the upper corner of the last 30 pag es. Paper not stuck or rolled. A solid copy.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 179 pp. 8vo, publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth. First edition, presumed early printing with unbattered type on pp. 12 and 71. BAL 12150. Bookplate on pastedown; cloth lightly sunned at top, with fraying at top of spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 179 pp. 12mo, original green gilt-lettered cloth. First edition; second state of the first binding. P. 12, line 19 "Isaiah", and one other point which BAL suggests indicates a later printing. Very slight wear to cloth; an attractive copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES. Boston, Ticknor, 1868.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo, bit dull, spine bit chipped.vvtv1/2
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: 179p. 16mo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Very small loss at head of spine. Hardbound. First Edition. POETRY2 BOX 1x2 0.0
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, pp. 179. Cover little scuffed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy. BAL 12150. Bound in cloth, BAL's later binding with "Fields, Osgood" imprint at the foot of the spine (probably after the 4th printing).
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Has the publisher's TF on the spine and no battered type
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry W.. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Minor wear at spine ends. Front cover has tiny flecks of white (possibly paint mist). Lower front corner is bumped. Front free endpaper has chipped leading edge about 1" long. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 179 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE NEW-ENGLAND TRAGEDIES. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing after private printing. 179 pages. 7x4.75 inches. Brown cloth covers with gilt printing. The covers are slightly soiled with rubbed and frayed spine ends and corners. but the contents are bright and complete. Good+
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. NEW-ENGLAND TRAGEDIES. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 179 pages. Green cloth covers with gilt printing. The spine ends and edges are slightly rubbed and bumped. Former owner bookplate on the front pastedown. First Edition. The contents are bright and complete. Near Very Good.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 16mo. 179 pp. Cloth binding, gilt embossed lettering & cover design, very good copy. (82089).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry W. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: NF, light wear; hardback
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, pp. 179. BAL 12150. Spine little soiled, a fine copy.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, an early printing. Contains I. John Endicott and II. Giles Corey of the Salem Farms. "The Boston Edition." Hard cover, 12 mo., in terra-cotta embossed cloth with brown coated endpapers, the TF device on spine of the "B" variety. Unbattered type on page 12 and 71. BAL, Vol. 5, No. 12150. Condition Very Good. Minor exterior soiling, and some wear to the gilt. Very light wear to corners and small fray at head of spine. Clean.
Seller: Dark and Stormy Night Books, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Spine title faded, light wear to spine ends, otherwise very good. 12mo. 179 pp. Publisher?s brick cloth, gilt titles. 1st Edition with TF device at lower spine, unbattered type.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies.. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$46.00 + shipping
Description: 179p. BAL 12150 (1st printing(s) binding A) Very good condition, some wear at spine ends
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, MA, 1868.
Price: US$47.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Issue. Earliest state of binding and text. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5" x 7 1/2." 179 pages, complete. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper in pencil dated January 1, 1868. Inscription reads, "Miss Clara Mood, A New Year's Present from her S. School pupil, Stanley F. Hunting [?], January 1st 1868." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight chipping at head and tail of spine and minuscule split at top of front joint. A Near Fine copy. Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 12150. A collection of two tragedies, "John Endicott" and "Giles Corey of the Salem Farms," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.50 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. New England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tight binding, solid brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt lettering, faded, but legible gilt lettering to spine strip, lightly chipped spine ends, gently rubbed corners, brown end papers with small chip to top where a bookseller sticker was partially removed, clean, unmarked pages throughout, in archival quality polyester cover. 1st edition, 1st state.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, 1868.
Price: US$65.76 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. 1st edition. 16mo Hardcover. 179pp. Fair book. Hinges cracked. Short gifter's inscription on second front endpage. (literature, poetry, poems, drama, plays) Inquire if you need further information.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry W.. THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES. Boston,Ticknor & Fields,1868,, 1868.
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. Green cloth, gilt title. Wear to all the tips else VERY GOOD++. Poetry jcLO4-2-00
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 179 pp. 8vo, publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth. First edition, presumed early printing with battered type on pp. 12 and unbattered type on p. 71. BAL 12150. Faint old 1887 ownership signature at the head of the title page. A bright, very near fine copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Deep maroon cloth. Spine faded to brown, very good in custom mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing (with "Isaiah" unbattered on p. 12 line 19). 179pp. 1 vols. 12mo. BAL 12150 Terra cotta cloth. Binding A. Fine copy, minor wear at bottom of spine First edition, first printing (with "Isaiah" unbattered on p. 12 line 19).
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Later state with battered type on pg 12 and 71 and the printer listed as "Welch, Bigelow & Co.". Original full brown cloth hardcover. Light wear. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. New-England Tragedies.. Ticknor and Fields (1868), 1868.
Price: US$82.15 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 180pp. Cloth. Inner hinge cracked.
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Price: US$82.42 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling/rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 179 pages; Description: 179 p. 18 cm. Subjects: Endecott, John 1588? -1665. Corey, Giles, 1611? -1692 --Drama. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [1]-179 pages. In Good condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Boards show rubbing to corners exposing corners, tearing and fraying to spine edges, white mark on front cover, and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Textblock has splitting to front interior hinge, light age toning, and splitting to multiple gutters throughout. Shelved Room A. BAL 12150. 1372510. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. New England Tragedies. Ticknor And Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tight, mildy rolled, binding solid brown/terracotta cloth covered boards with bright gilt lettering, slightly faded, but legible gilt lettering to spine strip, fraying at tail piece of spine, gently rubbed corners, brown end papers, clean, but tanned unmarked pages throughout, 1st edition: 1868 on title and copyright, solid lozenges to pendant in TF device on spine, no battering on PP 12/71 (BC4-5)
Seller: Douglas Park Media, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling/rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 179 pages; Description: 179 p. 18 cm. Subjects: Endecott, John 1588? -1665. Corey, Giles, 1611? -1692 --Drama. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Longfellow Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, with the TF device solid at the base of the spine and unbattered type as described by Blanck. Light wear to cloth at corners, slight fraying at spine ends. BAL 12150. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 042568.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo (18cm). Green cloth stamped in gilt; chocolate brown coated endpapers; 179,[1]pp. Ownership label of Mrs. W. R. Burnette to front pastedown. Sound but rubbed with minor wear to extremities, toned throughout: Very Good. Contains "John Endicott" and "Giles Corey of the Salem Farms." First American trade edition; the trade edition was issued simultaneously in Boston, London, and Leipzig. BAL 12150, Boston edition, binding A.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New - England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth with embossed gilt tiles design to the front and gilt tiles/ publisher emblem to the spine. 179 pp. Publisher emblem on title page with matching dates on title page and copyright page. Type not battered on page 12 ( Isaiah) nor page ( Upsall). This copy is VG. Exterior is rich .Front gilt is bright. Spine and gilt modestly faded. Dime sized stain on rear cover. Top/bottom of spine have modest wear. edges and tips only minimal. Dark brown EPs Neat PO signature at top of title page, Faded script on front paste down and faint pencilled numbers on FEP. Front paste down starting to crack away from the hinge. Text is clean, unmarked and tightly bound with minimal toning.
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry W.. THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES. , 1868.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Original terra-cotta cloth decorated in gilt. First American Edition (published on the same day as the London edition and the Leipzig edition) of these two plays in verse form -- "John Endicott" sited in 1665 Boston and "Giles Corey" in 1692 Salem. This copy is in terra-cotta cloth (one of three colors that were used in addition to several leather bindings), and has the TF pendant device in the supposed second state (with a hollow pendant). As Blanck points out, there were four identical printings dated 1868 (the first almost double the size of the other three combined), though there are at least two instances of type-batter (which this copy does exhibit) that may indicate a copy from late in the first printing or from one of the other three. This is a fine, bright copy. Blanck 12150.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, Boston issue (published simultaneously with the English and Leipzig issues), terra-cotta cloth gilt, binding B (pendants are hollow outline). Rubbing and tiny tears at the spine ends, still a very attractive, near fine copy. *BAL* 12150.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The New-England Tragedies by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. First edition, first issue in original reddish-brown cloth. Publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868. First edition with publishing date on both the title-page and copyright page. First issue with TF at the bottom of the spine. Binding is in near fine condition, minor wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Contents clean. Bookplate on the pastedown. 179 pages. 4 ¾ x 7 inches. BAL 12150. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #19-012. Price: $175.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Longfellow Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Pub green cloth, blind double-ruled covers w/ gilt titles, gilt titles to spine with pub device foot. Slight nick to head of spine, else near fine copy. BAL12150.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. Ticknor and Field, 1868.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind (lacks leaf before title); brown coated endpapers. Fine, fresh copy.179 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a gray linen drop box, fleece lined. BAL 12150.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$204.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [7], 8-179, [1] pp. Original green cloth with lettering in gold on the front board and spine, earlier state binding. BAL 12150. Composed of two short stories: "John Endicott" and "Giles Corey of The Salem Farms". There was a privately printed edition done before the trade edition, this is the first trade edition. A Very Good book with minute fraying to the spine tips and a small dampstain to the gutter of the rear blank and to the bottom textblock.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW Henry Wadsworth. The New-England Tragedies. , 1868.
Price: US$207.79 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., original green cloth, gilt. Boston, Ticknor and Fields. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: ?From the author? An excellent copy, a few small marks to the cloth, spine darkened.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed with a 'Yours Truly'" by Longfellow (dated 1878) on separate 4 1/2" X 2 1/4" paper stock placed inside a clear protective plastic sheath, laid in. First Edition; Two dramatic works. Deep brown endleaves with no writing or wear. Lightly toned textblock on antique laid paper, clean and tight, no foxing. Original publisher's emerald green cloth binding, gilt and blind stamped, light rubbing to the spine. 180pp. BAL 12150 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.
Price: US$463.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo. First issue with all the first issue points. One of only 10,000 copies. Two dramatic plays. First play titled John Endicott, and the second is titled Giles Corey of the Salem Farms. Bound in green cloth, central gilt lettering within decorative frames, spine gilt, brown coated endpapers, short previous owner's inscription dated 1869, small bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. A very nice clean, sharp cornered copy with one signature protruding just a fraction. [BAL 12150].
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The New England Tragedies. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, Mass, 1868.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st/1st Ticknor and Fields Boston 1868. First Edition, 1st/1st (see, e.g., BAL 12150). Brown cloth and decorated in gilt (especially bright to front). 1st Printing, containing the 'TF' device at the bottom of the spine and pendants in the device solid. Textblock is FINE. Boards nice, sunning to upper board edges and spine (including light chipping/rubbing and wear to cloth at spine ends). 179pp; provenance via bookplate to front pastdown as noted; Longfellow signature, etc., long-since tipped in prior to Title Page. Leaves are bright; no foxing. With bookplate and from library of George Henry Sargent (1867-1931), American bibliographer and journalist, was associated with the Boston Evening Transcript from 1895 until 1931. He wrote books and articles on bibliography and a column, The Bibliographer, about rare books 'The New England Tragedies' is a long dramatic poem composed of two dramas, each with a prologue and five acts. The first is titled 'John Endicott' and the second is called 'Giles Corey of the Salem Farms'.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$517.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7 x 4.5", gilt-lettered rust-colored cloth, 179pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine darkened, pp toned, but still a good copy of the FIRST EDITION, later printing: with Ticknor device on spine, but battered type on p12 ("Isaiah"). TIPPED IN AT FRONT IS AN AUTOGRAPH NOTED INITIALLED "H.W.L." BY THE AUTHOR dated 1876: "Dear Mr. Osgood, In "Roadside Poems" p. 202 line 7 For "insurance" n. "endurance". Yours truly." James Osgood published the anthology ROADSIDE POEMS FOR SUMMER TRAVELLERS in 1876, with Longfellow's poem "Chorus of Oreades" printed on pp201-202 (with "endurance" on p202, line 7!).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.