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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. Ballads and other poems. John Owen, 1842.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1842 EXQUISITE 1st ed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ballads & Poems Excelsior RARE For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most important and well-known American poets of the 19th-century. He is highly regarded for his works such as The Song of Hiawatha . His ballads proved to quite popular as well, which were published here in this 1842 Cambridge edition contains ballads and several other popular poems. Notable works found in this book include: Excelsior God s Acre Goblet of Life The Skeleton in Armour The Wreck of the Hesperus The Luck of Edenhall The Elected Knight The Children of the Lord s Supper Item number: #24767 Price: $950 LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth Ballads and other poems Cambridge [Mass]: published by John Owen, 1842. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xxv, [3], 29-132 First edition point: o p. 34, end of first line: quotation mark at end of line Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18.5cm x 12cm) Rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at $1500 (for lesser attractive examples) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 24767 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Poems On Slavery. Published By John Owen, Cambridge, 1842.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: SECOND EDITION. Publishers original pale yellow wrappers, with double fly-leaves at the front and back, and with seven pages of publishers advertisements. The bottom two thirds of the final ad leaf has been torn away, but with no loss of text since there is only a single entry at the top of the recto and the verso is blank. With an ink gift inscription running along the decorative border on the front wrap. Theres some creasing to the lower outer corner of the front wrap, and some minor overall wear. A Very Good copy, bright and clean internally. BAL 12280
Seller: Clarel Rare Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Poems on Slavery. Published By John Owen, Cambridge, 1842.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Together with; Voices of the Night (Sixth Edition), The Spanish Student (Fourth Edition) and The Belfry of Bruges (First Edition), published in Cambridge by John Own, in 1842, 1843, and 1846 respectively. Four Longfellow titles bound together, including two First Editions, Poems on Slavery and The Belfry of Bruges (the former being one of the most notably scarce of Longfellow's works). Half-titles. Contemporary three-quarter brown calf over marbled boards with marbled endpapers and edges, newly rebacked to style. With the small book label and the larger bookplate of John C. Dalton on the front pastedown and front free endpaper respectively. A Very Good to Near Fine copy. BAL 12068, 12285, 12083, and 12071 (for the 1st edition of The Spanish Student).
Seller: Clarel Rare Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. POEMS ON SLAVERY. Published by John Owen, Cambridge, 1842.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: 31, [1 blank], [7- publ. advts.], [1 blank] pp. With the half title, as issued. Half title preceded by two free endpapers. Glossy plain rear wrapper present, lacking the front wrapper. Stitched. Clean text. One advertisement leaf with a short blank margin repair. Very Good. The poems include 'To William E. Channing,' 'The slave's dream,' 'The good part,' 'The slave in the Dismal swamp,' 'The slave singing at midnight,' 'The witnesses,' 'The quadroon girl,' 'The warning.' Final leaves print advertisements for the Owen firm. BAL 12068. LCP 6037. Sabin 41920.
Seller: David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Poems on Slavery.. John Owen, Cambridge, 1842.
Price: US$9200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Longfellow's collection of poems published in support of the United States anti-slavery efforts. Small octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco by Bradstreet's with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, inner dentelles. Presentation copy, inscribed by Longfellow on the half-title page, "Rev. R. C. Waterston from the Author.â The recipient, Reverend Robert Cassie Waterston, was a noted Unitarian clergyman of Boston, the majority of his library is now housed in the Massachusetts Historical Society. In near fine condition. Bookplate. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Longfellow, very conscious of his public persona, published this collection of poems in support of the United States anti-slavery efforts even though he feared it would hurt him commercially. At the time of publication reviews were mixed. Contemporary critics, however, have noted that Longfellow's use of language and vivid imagery throughout the poems anticipated Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin which later helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.