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Longfellow, Henry W.. The Poets and Poetry of Europ. Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, 1845.
Price: US$68.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition second printing with Collins imprint on Copyright page instead of Metcalf; 1/4 of spine is missing but binding is still solid and hinges are very good; neat former inscription on front end page; dark blue cloth with gilt decorations on front; 779 pages; al edges gilt; internally pages are white and bright; frontis portrait of author is protected by tissue which is browned and somewhat wrinkeled; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR ----- Size: 6 x 9.5"
Seller: P.C. Schmidt, Bookseller, Kettering, OH, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Poets and Poetry of Europe. Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, 1845.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. xviii, 779 pp, 4 pp. Full brown calf with gilt-paneled spine and black label. Second printing (BAL 12078) with Collins imprint to copyright page. Boards moderately scuffed and soiled with heavier rubbing to joints and vertical crack to spine leather. Corners bumped with boards starting to push through, front hinge starting but holding firm. Bookplate and pencil signature of previous owner David Thaxter to fpd. Faint dampstaining to top edge and inner margin of text, affecting first 20-30 leaves. Some foxing to eps, rest of text is clean. Engraved frontis portrait and half title. Text block cracked at center but binding sturdy and sound.
Seller: Small Volume Books, Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Poets and Poetry of Europe. Carey & Hart, Philadelphia, 1845.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845. First printing, with imprint of Metcalf & Company on the copyright page [BAL 12078]. 779 pp, 9.5" x 6". Original gilt decorated cloth. Binding is in Good condition only, with fading, soiling and rubbing, especially to spine, and joints starting. Contents are Very Good, with minimal foxing and stains, some age toning. Extraordinarily scarce true first printing of Longefellow's hefty opus spanning several centuries of European poetry, with introductions and biographical notices by Longfellow, as well as a number of his original translations of foreign poems. Quite scarce. L-43n
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, xviii, 779 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in contemporary half brown leather and marbled paper boards with gilt lettering on paneled spine. First printing, with "Stereotyped and Printed by Metcalf and Company" on copyright page. Scuffing to leather with some minor cracking to along spine. Edges of textblock dyed with marbled pattern. Marbled endpapers. Interior pages clean. Inscription of previous owner on front free endpaper. Features frontispiece and engraved title page before letter press title page. Shelved in Case 0. BAL 12078. 1377147. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 X 9 3/8 Inches. 779 PP. First printing with the imprint of "Metcalf And Company" on the copyright page. Original deluxe three-quarter black morocco, raised hubs and gilt edges. Crown of spine bumped and some light wear to covers and edges, but an excellent copy of this scarce comprehensive anthology of several centuries of Euopean verse. Includes Longfellow's original translations of many authors. This particular copy bears the bookplate of William Winter (nicknamed "Weeping Willie" for his tear-jerking verse), a minor poet who later became a notable theatre critic. Winter's first book was dedicated to Longfellow and published in 1855. Although Winter knew Longfellow personally, he was a noted bibliophile and we assume this book was simply purchased by him (and not given to him). Minor foxing and toning and light stains to title-page.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. POETS AND POETRY OF EUROPE.|THE. Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, 1845.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: large 8vo. Bound in full leather with black leather spine label, gilt spine title. 779 pages. First Edition. Second Printing. BAL 12078. Spine age darkened. Some rubbing to hinges and corners. A very good copy. A scarce and comprehensive anthology of several centuries of European verse that includes Longfellow's original translations of many authors. Copies were issued in various cloth bindings, half leather and full leather. Bound in full leather with black leather spine label, gilt spine title
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Poets and Poetry of Europe. Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, 1845.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. xviii, [2], 779pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece plate (portrait of Schiller engraved by John Sartain) and engraved title page. Imprint of "Metcalf And Company" on the copyright page, the first of two printings recorded in *BAL* (without priority). In the original publisher's light purple cloth with decorative blind stamping on both covers, pictorial device stamped in gold on front cover, spine stamped in blind with gilt lettering. Ownership signature (dated 1938) of a noted American psychologist in ink on front free endpaper. Modest sunning to the spine and edges of the boards, shallow fraying and one small tear at the head of spine, corners are bumped, near fine, with intermittent light toning to some of the text pages. Longfellow's massive anthology, a tour de force through the history of poetry in ten European nations. In addition to notes, the anthology features numerous translations by Longfellow. A beautiful and well-preserved, bright copy. *BAL* 12078.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.