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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good condition complete sound binding copy EXCEPTserious water stain through middle of text resulting in some wrinkle and discoloration to text and leather. See Image. ; 8vo
Seller: Book Gallery // Mike Riley, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$62.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. xviii, 242; portrait frontispiece, 22 photogravure plates, text illustrations throughout; original pictorial suede, gilt, t.e.g., spine a bit soiled and worn, spine top cracked along hinges, interior fine. BAL 12720.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha.. Houghton, Mifflin and Harcourt, Boston, 1891.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Song of Hiawatha. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and printed in Boston by Houghton, Mifflin and Harcourt. Illustrations by Frederic Remington. 1891, 242 pp, 8.75 x 6.25 , 8vo, rebacked hardcover. In good rebacked condition, with rubbing and wear to exterior, primarily along edges and corners. Hinges remain in good condition with minor wear to rear. Text block remains bound well. Illustrated nicely, with several full-page illustrations along with small engravings adjacent to text block throughout. Small cut to face of Longfellow frontispiece. General age-related toning and chipping to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A nicely rebacked copy of the poetical epic by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), first published in 1855. Nicely illustrated throughout by American illustrator Frederic Remington (1861-1909), who is best known for his imagery of the Western United States. COLL1891ABDB
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 242p quarto, illustrated. with border decorations throughout the text by Remington and full page illustrations each with tissue guards. 1/250 numbered copies this being #35 and bound in full white vellum. Covers dust soiled , top edge gilt. A very good copy inslipcase with split on one side. Small red leather bookplate of collector John Stuart Groves
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 14 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with brown and gold leather spine labels. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Contents: v. 1-6. The poetical works: v. 1. Voices of the night ; Poems on slavery ; The belfry of Bruges, etc. --v. 2. Evangeline ; The song of Hiawatha ; and, The courtship of Miles Standish --v. 3. Birds of passage ; The masque of Pandora ; Keramos, etc. --v. 4. Tales of a wayside inn --v. 5. Christus : a mystery --v. 6. Judas Maccabaeus ; Michael Angelo ; and, Translations -- v. 7. Outre-mer and Driftwood --v. 8. Hyperion and Kavanagh --v. 9-11. The Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri / translated by H.W. Longfellow --v. 12-14. Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : with extracts from his journals and correspondence.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Brown textured cloth. Original front cover bound-in front pastedown. Some off-setting onto adjacent page. Portrait frontispiecde of the author a a young man. Twent-two full-page illustrations and numerous marginal illustrations by FREDERIC REMINGTON. Captioned tissue-guards on 20/22. Some occasional foxing, spotting on periphery of plates, never heavy. 242pp. See BAL 12720, McCracken p.149, Dykes 786. A fine edition of this classic American poem, illustrated by one of the finest Western artists in American-a grand duet! Size: Large Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rebound into full tan calf with a section from the original gilt stamped suede cover to the front board; raised bands, gilt decorations, and deep maroon and green gilt stamped title plates to the spine. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpages. Illustrated throughout in black and white as well as with black and white plates with tissue guards. The hinges have started but the binding is sound. Outer page edges a bit browned and there is a small stain to the head of the pages near the spine. Otherwise fine. Bookplate from the library of Frederic Remington to the front pastedown.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Song of Hiawatha. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1891.
Price: US$394.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Full Leather, decorative end papers. Beautifully and professionally rebound. 1891, Riverside Press. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong. A beautiful copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Large Paper Edition Very good+ in full vellum covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with gilt text and flying swans on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with light soiling to the vellum on the spine and hand soiling to the fore edges of the boards. The end sheets show offsetting from the vellum at their fore edges. The frontispage shows light foxing as does the title page as do the plates at the fore edges and the facing pages show offsetting from the plates. One of only 250 copies printed with this copy numbered 219 on the limitation page. Additionally, a prospectus is laid in for this Large-Paper edition" which duplicates the title page, printed in red and black, and three printed pages with examples of the vignettes created by Frederic Remington in the margins. 242 pages of text illustrated with 22 "full page photogravures printed on India Paper and about four hundred text illustrations of Indians, Indian costume, implements, arms, etc. animals, birds and scenery, by Frederick Remington." (quotation from the prospectus) The plates are protected with printed tissue guards. First Edition Thus, Limited Large Paper Edition.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Remington Edition. Limited edition number 152 of 250 copies. With portrait frontispiece, title in red and black and illustrations throughout from designs by Remington including 22 photogravures executed by A. W. Elson of Boston. xviii, 242 pp. 1 vols. Crown 8vo. Deluxe Issue. BAL 12720; Dykes, Remington 786; McCracken, pp.149-151 Bound in original vellum, with gilt stamping on upper cover. New spine With portrait frontispiece, title in red and black and illustrations throughout from designs by Remington including 22 photogravures executed by A. W. Elson of Boston. xviii, 242 pp. 1 vols. Crown 8vo First Remington Edition. Limited edition number 152 of 250 copies.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Song of Hiawatha. Houghton Mifflin, Boston/NY, 1891.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 242pp.; HB white w/gilt; rubbed&soiled w/wear on edges; some lt.tan w/lt.foxing,otherwise clean,tight pgs. No.130 of Two Hundred and Fifty Copies Printed. illus.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.