Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1st ed 2nd printing, cover soiled, faded gilt on spine, pages yellowing, princeton antiques bookplate on inside of front cover DATE PUBLISHED: 1858 EDITION: FIRST ED 215
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Good. Good+ / cloth cover with gilt spine lightly rubbed / spine-ends chipped. mylar cover pasted to cover. text clean / page lightly toned at edges. pgs. 119 & 124 uncorrected. 12 pgs. of ads.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first issue, with p121 error and Waverley Novels insert at front. Cloth binding, with gilt titles on spine. Text clean, unmarked. Binding slightly shaken. An owner's name on front endpaper. Exterior moderately shelfworn, soiled. 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.
Price: US$63.25 + shipping
Description: 7.5 x 4.5, brown embossed cloth, 215 pp + publ. catalog (Oct. 1858), covers very worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends badly chipped, large dark stain (ink?) on rear cover, hinges loose, ink names of former owner and bookseller label on front eps, contents toned and loose, with large stain at gutter of catalog, slight tobacco smell. FIRST ED (with ". . . treacherous wine . . . " on p. 124.).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$74.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing; 215 clean, unmarked pages + ads; brown c w/lite wear at spine/tips; owner's name Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first issue. Original brown embossed cloth. Chipped and worn at head and foot of spine, wear at corners, previous owners' name and stamp, G. October ads, "treacherous wine," and Waverley Novels insert present.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston:Ticknor and Fields. 1858. 1st edition, 1st state, with "treacherous" for "ruddy" on page 124, line 3. 215pp+12pp ads dated October 1858. Hardcover. Brown blindstamped boards lightly rubbed and shelfworn with wear to edges and spine ends chipped and frayed. Edge points gently bumped. Internally, paper age-toned but clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The ad which was attached to the first free endpage is gone with residue left along hinge. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good copy. *Bal.12122.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, iv, 215 pages + 11 page publisher catalog. In Good minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth with blind stamped design. Fraying to spine caps, cocked spine. Text block has age-toning to paper. "First edition, first issue, with word "treacherous" on line 3 of p. 124 and the earliest advertisements. A very good copy with the scarce Waverly Novels Slip"- vendor description laid in. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1372030. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. First Printing. Brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. The ad slip for the Waverley Novels is present and tipped in at front. Head & tail of spine is chipped. Corners slightly worn. Library stamp of South Florida Genealogical Society on title page. 215pp., with 12 pages of publisher's ads. Full refund if not satisfied.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown finely ribbbed cloth, gilt spine title, blind device & border to boards, & chocolate endpapers / pastedown; A good+ copy with separate early ownership signatures on 1st two feps; 215 pages + 12 pages of publisher advertisements at the back.
Seller: White Raven Books, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Courtship of Miles Standish and other poems" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ticknor and Fields, Boston - 1858 first American edition, mixed issue with Ruddy on page 124 (printing error on title page stating 1859, but with the correct first edition ads: Eleven pages of publisher's terminal ads dated October, 1858) - 209p, 15cmx13cm - condition: very good, original publisher's brown binding with minor wear to edges, good copy internally. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. First Edition, first issue with October 1858 ads at back, "treacherous wine" on p.124, and Waverly Novels advert tipped in at front. Small octavo (19cm); 215pp+[12]ads. Publisher's blindstamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards rubbed at corners, with some scuffs and spotting to cloth; spine slightly cocked and chipped at ends. Front hinge starting; opens easily to after first few gatherings, but binding is holding. Chip at top of p.119 with flattened dog-ears to a few corners. Ownership inscriptions of W.A. Scott on full title and "Robt. N. Scott U.S.A." on flyleaf, likely the Reverend William Anderson Scott (1813-1885) and his son Union Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Nicholson Scott (1838-1887), along with a few scattered pencil brackets in margins and a brief pencil note on recto of final blank, else interior unmarked. First book appearance of the eponymous poem, which recounts the story of Mayflower passengers Miles Standish, Priscilla Mullins, and John Alden at Plymouth Colony. [BAL 12122].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH.|THE. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1858.
Price: US$96.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Bound in brown embossed cloth. Gilt spine author and title. [i-vi], [7]-215 pages. First American edition, first issue with "treacherous" for "ruddy", l.3, p.124. BAL 12122. Some wear to the spine ends and corners. Front hinge tender. Else a very good copy. An important Longfellow volume with some of his most famous poems. Longfellow claimed that his tragi-comic ballad of a Pilgrim love triangle was inspired by true events; he was himself descended from the Plymouth Pilgrims, including the real-life namesakes of his poem's protagonists. Bound in brown embossed cloth. Gilt spine author and title
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.57 + shipping
Description: [American Literature / Verse] FIRST EDITION, First Issue, with "treacherous" for "ruddy", l.3, p.124. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.215; [1], blank; 12, advertisements dated October 1858. Publisher's brown cloth decoratively blocked in blind, gilt-lettered to spine, brown endpapers. This copy with the additional inserted ad for Ticknor and Field's edition of the Waverley Novels at the flyleaf. Bookplate to front, cloth worn, would benefit from a wash and rebind as there is tidemark throughout; fair thus. Longfellow's famous narrative poem about Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 215 p. + catalogue 12 p. First american edition. 12x19cm. Bookplate of the Fraser Institute. Class number on spine. Editor's bookbinding slight worn. Owner's name to free endpaper. First edition with mixed first and second state points: title page 1859, 12 pages of ads dated Oct. 1858. Bounding with publicité before front flyleaf. code 1090
Seller: Livresse, Gatineau, QC, Canada
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing, later state, page 119 with the last line "cry of pain on crags Caucasian," and "treacherous" for "ruddy" on line 3 of page 124., but no adverts. in back. This copy has been rebound in full black morroco with five raised spine bands, two of which are rubbed, gilt title and 1858 on lower spine. Gilt upper page edges. Very handsome tooled gilt pattern decorations around inside edges of leather boards. Marbled endpapers. The blind decorated cloth of original binding, and spine panel, have been mounted onto three blank pages in rear of book, providing authenticity. Book is unmarked. Title page has tear half way up along inside lower edge. iv, 215pp. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Boston Ticknor and Fields 1859, 1858. First edition, Second issue with October ads and unbattered type in all places. 8vo, publisher's original brown Ticknor cloth binding, lettered in gilt on spine, blindstamped decorations and borders on covers. iv, Title, 8-215, 12 pp ads. A bright and clean example of this literary cornerstone. Contains the 'ruddy' printing point on p124 signifying a second issue.
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 215 pp; First edition, first printing, published in 1858 by Ticknor & Fields. Book has no names, pages unmarked, brown blank embossed fabric covers, 1/8 inch missing material on spine ends, little to no wear on corners, binding tight. Spine gilt slightly faded but very readable. A nice, clean, tight and attractive book.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i-vi], [7]-215 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blindstamped ornament on both covers. Boards have rubbing to corners exposing boards, spine edges chipped off, and fraying to spine edges. Textblock has light age toning, stamp on second page, splitting to title page gutter, and splitting to gutter between pages 12 and 13. Shelved Room A. BAL 12122. 1372323. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition, First Printing. This is the first printing of the four printings in 1858. BAL 12122. With the points for the first printing: Page 124, on line 3: "treacherous" (rather than "ruddy"). Page 119, last line: reading "Cry of pain on crags Caucasian." Contemporary half-leather and marbled paper boards with gilt ruling, top edge gilt. Contents very clean and tight, with no foxing or markings. Lacking the October 1858 adds at the rear. One of Longfellow's most admired poems, The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims. See photos.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$203.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST US EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 1858 to both title page & copyright page, plus 'treacherous' for 'ruddy' in line 3 of page 124. Contains the 12pp of ads at rear dated OCTOBER 1858. From Ahearn (2002): "4 printings in 1858, all had 'treacherous' for 'ruddy' in third line of page 124, so ads may determine [first state]. October 1858 is earliest" (as per this copy). The US edition was published shortly after the UK edition (both 1858). The UK edition preceded the US edition by a month, with ads dated January 1858, & was published in London by W. Kent & Co. Some copies of the first US edition have a tipped-in leaf at front for the Waverley novels (not in this copy). NOTE: Interestingly, this copy from the library of poet B.J. Leedom, with his ink signature to first blank (& dated "1858", the year of publication), plus his printed bookplate to front pastedown ("Belonging to the Library of B.J. Leedom, Bluffland, Germantown"). Benjamin Jones Leedom (1807-1883) was a contemporary of Longfellow. His volume "The Voyage to Harlem, Thirty Years Ago, and Other Poems" was published in Philadelphia in 1867. Both Longfellow & Leedom were born in 1807, & died a year apart (in 1882 & 1883 respectively). Also with additional former owner's bookplate to ffep. Electrotyped & printed by Metcalf & Company, Cambridge. Bound in publisher's original full brown cloth, with bright gilt lettering & horizontal blind-stamped rules to spine, all boards panelled in blind, including triple-ruled blind-stamped borders & blind-stamped floral decorations, brown-coated endpapers. Chips with small loss & wear to spine ends (notably 2cm x 0.5cm chip to head of spine), wear through to tips of boards, small gouge marks (insect damage?) to lower edge of book block (affecting lower margin edge of several pages), faint splash stain to two pages, otherwise despite the faults still a clean tight solid hardcover copy. 215pp + 12pp ads at rear. First US edition with interesting contemporary literary provenance. RARE.
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First issue of first edition. 12mo. Original brown embossed cloth with a gilt-lettered spine. General wear to the extremities, spine-ends chipped. A good copy.
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 215 pp. + pub. cat. dated October, 1858. 12mo, publishers brown cloth; enclosed in later slipcase. First American edition, first printing. BAL 12122. Old bookseller's descriptions clipped and laid down on pastedown; some light rubbing to the cloth and use to the extremities of the spine; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; first printing; publisher's cloth; full-gilt binding. Tear in front free endpaper; hinges cracking; some cloth staining and wear; a good copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition published shortly after the London edition. First printing with "treacherous wine" on p. 124.3. 12 pp publisher's advertisements dated October 1858 at back. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 12122 Brown morocco gilt, original binding bound at back. Some light rubbing of extremities, quarter inch crack at top of upper joint, light marginal wear with a few creases, else a very good copy 12 pp publisher's advertisements dated October 1858 at back. 1 vols. 8vo First American edition published shortly after the London edition. First printing with "treacherous wine" on p. 124.3.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, first printing, with "treacherous" on p. 124 and October ads, 12mo, pp. 215, [1], 11, ads, [1]; Ticknor & Fields ad for Waverley novels tipped to front free endpaper; original brown cloth, gilt title on spine; spine skewed, bookplate removed, top of spine chipped, light edgewear, front hinge just starting, good or better. BAL 12122.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Printed slip advertising Scott's Waverly Novels tipped-in at front. First issue. October, 1858 ads.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$299.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 216pp. Cloth. Minor chips to spine corners.
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Description: 12mo, 18.5cm, first U.S. edition, first issue, iv,[7],215,12p., rear publisher's ads., original blind decorated ribbed brown cloth, gilt spine titles, top (chipped) and bottom spine edge rubbed else a very good to fine copy - a single leaf publisher's advertisement for "Waverley Novels" tipped in at front (lt) ~ BAL 12122. The first American appearance of Longfellow's narrative poem of the early days of the Plymouth colony of Massachusetts. With a collection of his poems, under the title, "Birds of Passage", that includes "My Lost Youth". The first issue (of 4 for 1858) with "treacherous" for "ruddy" in the 3rd line, page 124 (changed by Longfellow's direction on further issues).
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American edition, first printing. 215pp., 12pp. advertisements for October, 1858. Blind embossed original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, brown endpapers. Owner's name inked on preliminary page, faint dampstain on top page edges, front hinge starting, extremities worn and chipped with some loss to the spine ends, a good only copy. According to *BAL*, #12122, this contains first printing points on page 119 with the last line "cry of pain on crags Caucasian," and page 124 at the 3rd line "The revel of the treacherous wine".
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Courtship of Miles Standish. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1858.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small 8vo, 3/4 brown morocco, spine elaborately gilt, top edge gilt, original cloth bound in. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1858. First Edition. Laid in is a small mailing envelope, postmarked Cambridge, Mass, addressed in Longfellow's hand. The book presents as fine, but has chipped upper corners on 4 pages and two words written on the title page by an early owner.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 215, [1], 12 ads; VG; bound in publisher's brown cloth, gilt titling to spine; minor rubbing and wear, primarily to extremities, mild chipping to head of spine; one page ad tipped in at front advertising The Waverly novels; name written in pencil on the sfep, title page; First Issue, with "Cry of pain on crags Caucasion." to page 119 and "The revel of the treacherous wine," to page 124, and October ads in rear; TH consignment; shelved case 0. BAL 12122. 1330746. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first issue with "treacherous" for "ruddy" p. 124, line 3. In the original publisher's deluxe "gift" binding in gilt-decorated olive green cloth (also seen in blue), all edges gilt, no ads. A tight, bright example. touch of spine fade and miniscule wear at the spine ends.
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing with "treacherous" for "ruddy" on p. 124 line 3. With 12 page Publisher's catalogue at back dated Oct. 1858. 1 vols. 12mo. BAL 12122 First edition, first printing with "treacherous" for "ruddy" on p. 124 line 3. With 12 page Publisher's catalogue at back dated Oct. 1858.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: Original brown cloth with brown endpapers. First Printing with October ads and "treacherous" for "ruddy" on line 3 of page 124. BAL 12122. Ad leaf not present in this copy but stub indicates it once was. Small old Pennsylvania bookseller's label on pastedown partly obliterated. Mild rubbing to covers. About Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$449.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. First edition, first printing. Full brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, blind stamped filligree to boards. iv, 5-215 pp., 12 pp. ads. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid down. Some discolouration to cloth, a few spots of wear to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to front flyleaf, dated January 1859. Some ink ownership inscriptions to brown front pastedown, some light staining to flyleaves but interior is otherwise clean. Ad tipped-in to ffep for the Ticknor & Fields illustrated household edition of the Waverley Novels, published October 1858. Ads are dated. On p. 124, line 3, it reads "treacherous wine" instead of "ruddy wine," indicating first printing.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Original brown cloth with brown endpapers. BAL 12122. First Printing with the October catalogue and "treacherous" for "ruddy" on line 3 of page 124. One of the copies with the inserted ad for Ticknor & Field's edition of the Waverley Novels at the front endpaper. Pencil signature of Virginia Beasley dated 1858 on the first blank. Touch of wear to spine tips, light spotting of covers. Near Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Brown cloth over boards, with blindstamped design on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Brown endpapers. Brown chemise and slipcase. Rear endpaper lightly cracked although the hinge is not. Three small white discoloration dots on front panel. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. First issue with October ads which have a touch of dampstaining to their upper corners, not affecting text. With a signature cut from a personal check of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow laid in. VG- with some rubbing to extremities and light fraying at the bottom of the spine. A very handsome copy of the gift edition binding. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Special gift binding in pebbled terra-cotta cloth stamped in gold. Worn binding, especially along the outer hinges and the top and bottom of spine. A.E.G. With cut signature of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow laid in. VG- with some rubbing to extremities and light fraying at the bottom of the spine. A very handsome copy of the gift edition binding. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, first printing. iv, [5]-215 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. DELUXE BINDING. BAL 12122 Original full blue gilt cloth, t.e.g. (publisher's deluxe binding). Flyleaf excised, extremities a bit rubbed, else near fine
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$918.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing. 209pp with notes through p 215. 16 pages of ads at end of book dated November 1858. Owner's name in pencil on front page 'Celeste G. Lane, June 11th, 1859'.
Seller: Bookworm & Pen Books, Roseville, MN, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Courtship of Miles Standish. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1858.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. First edition, first printing in original dark brown cloth. Publisher: Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1858. First printing with word treacherous on page 124, line 3. Also containing the advertisement of Waverly Novels tipped in with the endpapers. Binding is in near fine condition. Very slight wear at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corner tips. Contents are clean, bookplate on the pastedown, glue residue to second free endpaper, Owners signature at the top of the title-page, else one of the nicest copies Ive seen. 215 pages plus 12 pages of ads in back dated October, 1858. 5 x 7 ½ inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #19-125. Price: $1,250
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. First edition, first printing in original dark brown cloth. Publisher: Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1858. First printing with word treacherous on page 124, line 3. Also containing the advertisement of Waverly Novels tipped in with the endpapers. Binding is in near fine condition. Very slight wear at the top and bottom of the spine and at the corner tips. Contents are clean, bookplate on the pastedown, glue residue to second free endpaper, Owners signature at the top of the title-page, else one of the nicest copies I've seen. 215 pages plus 12 pages of ads in back dated October, 1858. 5 x 7 ½ inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #23-260. Price: $1,250
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Courtship of Miles Standish. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1858.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. First issue with "treacherous" for "ruddy" on page 124, line 3, and twelve pages of adverts at rear dated October, 1858. Publisher's brown ribbed cloth binding decorated in blind with titles in gilt on spine. A presentation copy, inscribed but not signed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and dated in the year of publication on the verso of the front free end paper, "From the Author / 1858." Very Good, with light rubbing to cloth, light wear at spine ends, and one page signature toward rear protruding slightly. BAL 12122.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Courtship of Miles Standish. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1858.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo, full black leather, elaborately gilt design including hearts, with dentelles & silk end-leaves by Zahnsdorf. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1858. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed on the front leaf " Hon, Miss Annesley with the compliments of the author 1858". A beautiful example of a classic of American literature.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.