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Longfellow, Henry W.. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor & Fields, BosTON, 1855.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: GOOD recased with new end papers, previous owner name, spine ends worn, covers and spine rubbed, internally a tight copy, some spotting, one fly leaf has light dampstaining, title page has piece of paper adhered to hinge.
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo, iv, 316 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth, blind stamp design on front. Tattering to spine caps and corners, worn edges, cocked spine, blemishes, shelf wear. Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers, puckering to paper, intermittent spine breaks. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1376224. FP New Rockville Stock. 1855 (original year of US publication) reprint with corrections of the errors from the first printing.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$38.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A decent copy of the first edition, early printing (1856, with ads to rear dated March, 1856). Very Good -/Good +. Stamped dark burgandy boards, indentical to first printing. Text is tight and solid w/some soiling, foxing, and toning to pages throughout. Lettering to spine is still relatively bright and unflaked. No previous owners' names. Small notch to foredge of first few pages. Some small splotches and wear to boards, especially to rear board bottom left corner, light wear to spine ends and corners. Not ex-lib. Not a Book Club Edition. This is a nice copy at a very good price. Compare and see. Photos sent upon request. Accurate Descriptions/Quality Books/Unmatched Prices
Seller: Novel Ending Books, Franklin, TN, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ticknor & Fields, 1855.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 316 pp; First edition, second printing. BAL 12112. Boards and spine have some scuffing, edge wear on corners and spine tips, top of backstrip has a few short tears at the hinges. Previous owner's inscription on front endpage, light toning throughout. Binding is tight. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$41.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second printing, Ticknor and Fields 1855, with 12 pages of ads in rear. Unmarked text, firm binding. Some light foxing throughout. A gift inscription on endpaper. Exterior has more wear, particularly at spine which is splitting. 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.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, iv, 316 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, cocked spine, blemishes, shelf wear. Text block has spotting to endpapers, inscription in ink on front flyleaf, name in ink on front endpaper, occasional light foxing, light age-toning to paper. Later printing from first year of publication. 1373275. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. TICKNOR AND FIELDS BOSTON 1855, BOSTON, 1855.
Price: US$48.75 + shipping
Description: SLIGHT FOXING TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE SLIGHT TEAR AND BUMPING
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor & Fields, 1855.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo in publisher's blind stampe brown cloth, spine title in gilt. Date on title and cr pages. Text matches BAL's textual variants for third printing. Binding tight and square, hinges firm, modest rubbing at the corners, very shallow chipping at the spine ends, widely scattered very light marginalia.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good minus first edition, later issue book. Brown cloth covered boards with blind-stamped decorations and double borders on front and back panels. Gilt text and graphics stamped on spine. Loss at head and tail of board spine with edges split and fraying; text block is exposed at tail of spine. All edges are scuffed with several areas on lower board edges and areas around fore-edge corners rubbed through to boards. Board panels are scuffed; cloth is puckering. Back board panel has several fade marks. Front and back internal gutters are cracked. All internal pages are stained along the upper edges; the most drastic is that shown in the above photos; all others to a lesser degree. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: iv, 316 p. 19 cm. BAL 12112 (3d printing) Good condition, top of spine pulled and chipped
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of the Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston, 1855; brown blind embossed cloth covered boards; corner and spine edge wear with board exposed; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; light foxing; interior is clean and unmarked; 316 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.. The Song of Hiawatha.. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: iv, 316 pp. 12mo, publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth; title gilt-lettered on spine. First edition, second issue. BAL 12112. 1888 Christmas gift annotation on front free endpaper, which is lightly foxed; tiny areas of rubbing to cloth; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. TICKNOR AND FIELDS, BOSTON, 1855.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1st edition later printing, foxing, edges and corners bumped, pages yellowing, princeton antiques book plate on inside of front cover, previous owners signiture on front end paper DATE PUBLISHED: 1855 EDITION: FIRST ED 316
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 18.5 x 12 cm. 12mo. v 316pp (12 ads). Bound in brown blind stamped boards. First edition, early issue, with most of the first issue points. Ads in rear dated November 1855. Boards somewhat cocked. Scuffing to edges of boards. A blank page after page 316 has been ripped out.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ads at the back are missing, probably removed when the new contemporary binding was added. The cover is loose, but whole. Top of spine is coming loose, but present. An American classic.
Seller: Bibliolio Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields Boston 1855, 1855.
Price: US$124.95 + shipping
Description: 316pp. + 12 pp. catalog 12mo Blindstamped brown cloth, edges untrimmed BAL 12112: 1st printing of 1st American edition with all points, to wit: 27:9 "heron" not "curlew"; 32:11 "In the moon" not "To the melancholy" 39:11 & 268:11&14 "Wahonomin" not "Wahonowin" 96:7 "Dove" not "Dived" 278:4th from bott "Omemee" not "pigeon" Front hinge cracked, covers rubbed, moderate stain on rear, header and footer chipped off: Good to Very good
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ticknor and Fields, Boston MA, 1855.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown heavily embossed patterned covers. Somewhat faded gold colored print on spine. Spine is lightly fade with crushing and some light wear at both ends. All four corners bumped with teeny bit of material loss at three tips. Some discolor/fade aqt both bottom front corners. Rearcover has a number of white paint spots. Not dampstaining, something adhering to binding. Previous owner name in pencil on front endpaper. Front flyleaf missing. Rear inner endpaper also missing. Top corner on Pubisher's ad page 11 - 12 is missing a half dollar sized piece.Text block is sound and unmarked. 3416 pages including a vocabulary, plus 12 pages of publisher's listings. Not pristine but considering the age a nice book.
Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$145.98 + shipping
Description: name on flyleaf, spine worn top & bottom good to very good
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. SONG OF HIAWATHA. BOSTON, TICKNOR, 1855, 1855.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ORIGINAL PURPLE CLOTH FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 3RD PRINTING FOOD-VERY GOOD
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7 x 4.5", half leather, 316pp with "Vocabulary", cover rubbed, leather abraded, extremities chipped, spine rubbed to suede, hinges starting, red leather spine label chipped, old related newspaper clipping affixed to front fly, pp toned; still a decent copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE (with "heron", "in the moon", "Wahonomin", etc. No ads.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, first state with these points: November ads at the rear of the book; "dove" for "dived", p. 96, line 7. Brown cloth binding with blind stamped boards. Light wear to the binding. A number of small water spots on the spine cloth. These spots somewhat obscure the spine title. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No foxing. Tide lines from a water stain to the margins of the second blank endpaper. No other water stains. Tiny name in ink and dated Jan. 1855 on the front flyleaf. Also the embossed stamp of a Chicago bookseller also on the front flyleaf. No odor. No soiling. No sun fading.
Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
Price: US$203.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Beautiful half leather binding, brown leather with raised bands and gilt tooling and titles to spine. 316pp. Book is in very good clean condition and pages bright.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: iv, 316, [4], 12 pages. This is a sound and satisfactory copy of the first edition, first state, of this American classic, with the following points: 27 (9) "heron;" 32 (11) "In the Moon;" 39 (11) "Wahonomin;" 96 (7) "Dove;" 268 (11, 14) "Wahonomin;" 278 (17) "Cooed the Omemee;" 12-page publisher's advertisements dated November bound between the rear free endpaper and the rear pastedown. Publisher's blind- and gold-stamped cloth-covered binding sturdy, light wear to corners and to foot of front panel, bumping and minor exposure to head and foot of spine, a few light water spots to the front panel; inner hinges sturdy, previous owner's name stamp at front free endpaper, dampstaining to second blank and to pages [4] and the advertising supplement at rear, else contents unmarked and attractive. 430 grams
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition of one of the most famous American poems of the nineteenth century. First issue with textual errors present, bound without the ads at the rear (BAL 12112). Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. Bound in contemporary calf, blind tooling to boards, five raised bands to spine with red and black morocco labels lettered in gilt, spine tooled and decorated in gilt, page edges marbled, marbled endpapers; pp. iv, 316. Binding remains sturdy and square with wear, rubbing and scratching to boards, rear board shows some loss to leather, spine sunned. Internally quite clean with just scattered traces of foxing, minor stain to top edge of rear endpapers.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First Edition, first printing with all textual errors present. Octavo. 316 pp. + [12] pp. publisher's catalog dated November 1855. Brown blindstamped cloth; yellow endpapers. Boards edgeworn with minor loss and fraying to extremities; dampstaining to front and rear boards final 15 pages, with some stiffening and discoloration. Binding sound. Contemporary ownership inscription of an Edward M. Field to front pastedown; pencil notes and marginalia to text, generally a few notes or scribbles every few pages. Still a Very Good first printing copy.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.. The Song of Hiawatha.. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: iv, 316 pp. + 12 pp. pub. cat. dated November, 1855. 12mo, publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth; title gilt-lettered on spine. First edition; first state. BAL 12112. Two signatures starting; ink names on front free endpaper; water stains to publisher's catalogue and two other leaves; a few stray ink marks; light wear to cloth.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Henry Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First state adverts dated November 1855 and all text points. Hardcover, bound in blind-embossed cloth. Light wear to the binding. Prior owner name on the pastedown and short tear to the front fly leaf.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. Rebound in brown leather. 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.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo First Edition, First Issue (J. Blank Ist State) Top and Bottom Spine Cloth worn, 2nd End Paper half inch torn off at top, otherwise at least Very Good and tight in Red Leather Box
Seller: Uncommon Books - The Gomez Collection, Port St. Lucie, FL, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blind-Stamped Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6_" - 7_" tall. First printing of 5250 copies, includes November ads placed between r.f.e.p. and pastedown, and 'dove' for 'dived in line 7 of p. 96 and lacking the letter 'n' in the word 'one' in the fifth line up on p. 279. Ref.: BAL 12112; Cost Books B131b; Pye 51. Worn and chipped at head and tail of spine and at corners. 1/2 in. wear spot to spine edge at top rear board. [Loc.Rare]
Seller: ReREAD Books & Bindery, Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
Price: US$349.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1855. 1st Printing. Has 'dove' for 'dive'. Moderate general wear. Flyleaf missing small area. Foxing on title page. 316 pages. 7139
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 316 pp; First Edition, first state. Contains points on pg 96, pg 279 (found is earliest printing) as well as other early points. Book is bound in brown embossed fabric, wear to the boards at the corners, some wear to the fabric the spine ends, no names, 1 end page has corner moisture mark, pages unmarked and age toned, binding tight. A nice, clean, tight and attractive book.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.. The Song of Hiawatha.. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: iv, 316, 12 pp. pub. cat. at rear dated Nov. 1855. 12mo, original brown ribbed cloth. First edition, first printing. BAL 12112. Brief notations in pencil on p. 303 and on the front free endpaper by two former owners, both identified by name (one has also placed a bookplate on the pastedown); two old relevant newspaper clippings on pastedowns; headcap chipped with minor wear to the tail of the backstrip and corners; generally an attractive copy. With a mounted clipped signature of Henry Longfellow tipped in.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. TICKNOR & FIELDS, BOSTON, 1855.
Price: US$375.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: AN EARLY ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION & BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL EMBOSSED CLOTH BINDING, THE CORRECT 1855 PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE TO REAR WITH THE REAR BLANK ENDPAPERS PRESENT BUT BOUND IN BEFORE THE CATALOGUE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 4 + 316 PAGES + CATALOGUE. SOME LIGHT MARKS TO CLOTH BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, SOME LIGHT WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MINOR BLEMISH TO PAGES, VERY OCCASIONAL PAGE UNCUT. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signs of foxing to front edge and numerous pages. Slight fraying and minimal chipping to spine. Gilt titles to spine. Attractive copy. BP/Case
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 316 pages; 1855 Ticknor & Fields. HC 1st American edition, 1st state. Snugly bound in original brown blind stamped cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Publisher's 11+[1] section of ads bound in between the rear pastedown and flyleaf are dated November 1855. Text on pages 96, 278 etc uncorrected with Dove pp 96 and n missing from one on 279. Cloth lightly crimped with superficial nicks at spine ends; corners lightly bumped with trace rub through top front corners. Prior owner name penned in small letters top of title page; mild foxing only to endleaves. It appears a blank at front between the coated front endpage and the title page has been removed. Generally bright and fresh and in much better condition than usually seen. VG
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW (Henry Wadsworth). The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$445.91 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. [185 x 114 x 24 mm]. iv, 316, [12] pp. Bound in the original brown cloth, the covers blocked in blind, the spine lettered in gilt. (Headcaps slightly worn). With the 12pp of advertisements dated November 1855 at the end. A fine copy of the first issue of the first US edition, with all the relevant points. The London edition, published by David Bogue, appeared ten days earlier. Armorial bookplate of John Townsend.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 316, [4], 11, [1] pages; G; bound in publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, spine stamped in gilt; some chipping to head and tail of spine, splitting to lower hinges; mild rubbing and wear; spine lightly cocked; bookplate removed from front pastedown; ffep loose; pages 91-92 and 139-142 improperly cut when opened, no damage to text; stain to pages 288-289; First Edition, First Issue, with all issue points; Publisher's catalogue in rear dated November 1855; issue points marked in pencil; shelved case 0. BAL 12112; 1355193. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW. HENRY WADSWORTH.. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.. Ticknor and Fields.Boston.,1855, 1855.
Price: US$477.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST U.S EDITION. 8vo. First state adverts dated November 1855 and all text points in first state, including Dove on page 96 and missing letter n from one on page 278. Previous owners inscription, dated Dec.1855, on front blank endpaper. Very good copy finely bound in recent full black morocco, spine with raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt rule on boards. Top edge gilt.:
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, 1855.
Price: US$480.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: iv, 316+ 12 ad pp. First issue with all points present\; p.27, line 9 "heron"; pg.32, line 11 "In the Moon"; pg.39, line 11 and pg.268, lines 11 and 14, "Wahonomin', not "wahonourn"; pg.96, "Dove" instead of "Dived"; pg.278 "Cooed the Omemee", not "pigeon"; ads dated November 1855. Bound in publishers tooled brown cloth. Gilt to spine. Good binding and cover. Shelfwear. Bubbling to rear board. Pencil signature to fep. Pages mostly clean, pencil notes to a few pages. BAL 12112
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855. Original brown ribbed cloth, elaborately decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt. First edition, second printing with errors corrected. 316 pages including the vocabulary and with the inserted 12pp. catalogue, dated "November, 1855," at the rear. Binding in very good plus condition, top and bottom of spine neatly repaired. Gold lettering on spine bright. Contents generally clean with a stain spot on pages 70-79. Perhaps a spot of grease that bled through. Small ownership stamp on copyright page. Last page of ads with ink marks. 5 x 7 ¼ inches. A nice copy. BAL 12112. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-173. Price: $500.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Publisher: Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855. Original brown ribbed cloth, elaborately decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt. First edition, second printing with errors corrected. 316 pages including the vocabulary and with the inserted 12pp. catalogue, dated "November, 1855," at the rear. Binding in very good plus condition, top and bottom of spine neatly repaired. Gold lettering on spine bright. Contents generally clean with a stain spot on pages 70-79. Perhaps a spot of grease that bled through. Small ownership stamp on copyright page. Last page of ads with ink marks. 5 x 7 ¼ inches. A nice copy. BAL 12112. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #23-259. Price: $500.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing with the points as listed by BAL. Publisher's catalogue at back dated Nov. 1855. 1 vols. 8vo. Influenced by Schoolcraft and other writers of Indian folk-lore and legends, Longfellow created his poem based upon the legendary Hiawatha. BAL 12112 Original brown cloth. Some rubbing of extremities. Very good plus Publisher's catalogue at back dated Nov. 1855. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, first printing with the points as listed by BAL.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. Owner name dated 1856, slight cracking to the paper over the front hinge, a few very faint splash marks to the spine, a sound and attractive, very good copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.. The Song of Hiawatha.. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: iv, 316 pp. + 12 pp. pub. cat. dated November, 1855. 12mo, publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth; title gilt-lettered on spine. First edition; first state; November ads. BAL 12112. A clean, tight and sound copy with only slight use to cloth; much nicer than usually seen.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, iv, 316pp, [12pp ads]. Brown cloth, gilt title on spine, embossed cover. Solid text block, wear to corners, a near fine example. Expert restoration to spine and hinges. Contains first printing points, notably "dove" in the place of "dived" on page 96, line 7. The first printing was issued in October of 1855, with 5250 copies printed. (BAL 12112) Housed in a custom half-morocco clamshell case, title in gilt on spine, lined with felt.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. Brown cloth with gold stamping on spine, blind stamping on front and rear boards. First Issue with "Dove" for "Dived" page 96, line 7. Publisher's ads dated November, 1855. Very good with modest chipping to spine ends, owner's name on front pastedown.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: This is the first edition, first printing of Longfellows epic poem. This first printing of 2 October 1855 is distinguished from the 22 November second printing by issue points at pages 32, 39, 96, 268, and 278. Condition approaches very good overall, complete and intact with notably clean contents. The gilt-printed and elaborately blind-decorated brown cloth remains tight with sharp corners, bright spine gilt, and no appreciable color shift between the covers and spine. We note various minor blemishes to the binding and some shelf wear, including wrinkling to the spine ends. The contents are clean and bright with a crisp, unread feel. The pale yellow endpapers are intact, as is the publishers "November, 1855" catalogue bound in at the rear. The sole previous ownership mark is the small, illustrated sticker of a "B. Dawson, Bookseller & Stationer" of "Montreal" affixed to the upper front pastedown. This is quite likely the original seller; Benjamin Dawson established his bookselling business in Montreal in 1847, which became "Dawson and Son" before Benjamin retired in 1860 and the business was reorganized as "Dawson Brothers". "Hiawathawas described by the poet as an "Indian Edda." Though it has some epic characteristics, it is essentially a collection of traditional tales derived mainly from the writings of the ethnologist and explorerHenry Rowe Schoolcraft, who hailed it as the first literary work in which the American Indian was treated seriously and respectfully, and the Moravian missionary John G.E. Heckewelder."Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was both a professor of modern languages and a poet. In the latter role he was a rare exception to the norm, achieving fame, acclaim, and broad popularity during his lifetime. "Longfellow was enormously popular, especially during his later years; at the end of his life, his birthday was even being celebrated in schools. He was as beloved in England as in America; people from everywhere came to see him, and his last trip to Europe in 18681869 was virtually a triumphant processional. Queen Victoria received him in a private audience, and both Oxford and Cambridge gave him honorary degrees. He was the first front-ranking New England poet of his time to die, and his death in Cambridge, closely followed by that ofRalph Waldo Emerson, for many marked the end of an era." (ANB)When first published thus in 1855, The Song of Hiawatha "was an immediate success, propelling Longfellow into literary stardom and influencing popular culture for decades to come. In this epic work, Longfellow set out to honor Native American heritage, but simultaneously perpetuated stereotypes and the false assertion that Indigenous culture was dying in America. Since then, the merits and pitfalls of Hiawatha have been rightly debated as its hold on American culture endures." (NPS)Reference: BAL 12112, p.494
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 316 pages; 12-page publisher's advertisements at end dated November 1855. Original brown blind-blocked publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; quarter morocco slipcase with chemise. Provenance: S. G. Bogert, New York City (contemporary inscription on front flyleaf). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, first printing, with all of the typographic features described in BAL, in the standard binding. The American edition was published several months after its publication in London. BAL 12112; Grolier 'American 100' 66. Some wear at ends of spine and corners, very bright internally, a very good or better copy
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hinges starting, light edgewear to binding, ex-libris George A. Zabriskie bookplate, entry for this book from original sales catalogue tipped in; Original 16 line letter signed by author tipped-in. Rebound in gilt-tooled quarter blue morocco leather (with tips) on blue cloth boards, TEG, marbled endpapers, cloth from original binding bound in. 316 pp + November 1855 ads. Meets all first issue points. Photos available upon request ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 316 + 12 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Wickham Books South, NAPLES, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in finely woven red cloth with ornate ovals on the front and rear panels stamped brightly in gilt. Considerable gilt ornamentation on the spine as well. This first edition in its Gift Binding is clean and tight with all edges gilded. A handsome copy with heavy wear and rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners. With occasional light foxing in the margins of a few pages, not affecting the text. This is the first issue with "Dove" for "Dived" on page 96, line 7. Laid in is a signature in ink of Henry W. Longfellow cut from a check. The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that features Native American characters. The epic relates the adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha. Events in the story are set in the Pictured Rocks area on the south shore of Lake Superior. Longfellow's poem, though based on native oral traditions surrounding the figure of Manabozho, represents not a work of transmission but an original work of American Romantic literature. Longfellow's sources for the legends and ethnography found in his poem were theOjibwe Chief Kahge-ga-gah-bowh during his visits at Longfellow's home; Black Hawkand other Sac and Fox Indians Longfellow encountered on Boston Common; Algic Researches (1839) and additional writings by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, an ethnographer and United States Indian agent; and Heckewelder's Narratives. In sentiment, scope, overall conception, and many particulars, Longfellow insisted, "I can give chapter and verse for these legends. Their chief value is that they are Indian legends." (Wikipedia) First Edition, first issue with "dove" on p. 96.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, with all the points. 316 pp., + 12 pp. ads, dated November 1855. 1 vols. 8vo. Influenced by Schoolcraft and other writers of Indian folk-lore and legends, Longfellow created his poem based upon the legendary Hiawatha. BAL 12112 Brown cloth, gilt lettered spine. Fresh, near fine copy 316 pp., + 12 pp. ads, dated November 1855. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, first printing, with all the points.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing ; iv, 316, [4], [12] pp. ; First State copy with all points present ; brown, blind stamped cloth ; nick from corner of back endpaper ; p.27, line 9 "heron"; pg.32, line 11 "In the Moon"; pg.39, line 11 and pg.268, lines 11 and 14, "Wahonomin", not "wahonourn"; pg.96, "Dove" instead of "Dived"; pg.278 "Cooed the Omemee", not "pigeon" ; contains the 12-page catalogue of books for sale at back, with the date "November, 1855"; two owner names, one on front endpaper, the second on flyleaf ; slight knock ; slight foxing ; else a VG copy of this important title. ; Contents: Introduction -- I. The Peace-pipe -- II. The Four Winds. -- III. Hiawatha's Childhood . -- IV. Hiawatha And Mudjekeewis . -- V. Hiawatha's Fasting -- VI. Hiawatha's Friends . -- VII. Hiawatha's Sailing -- VIII. Hiawatha's Fishing . -- IX. Hiawatha And The Pearl-feather -- X. Hiawatha's Wooing . -- XI. Hiawatha's Wedding-feast . -- XII. The Son Of The Evening Star . -- XIII. Blessing The Corn-fields . -- XIV. Picture-writing -- XV. Hiawatha's Lamentation -- XVI. Pau-puk-keewis -- XVII. The Hunting Of Pau-puk-keewis -- XVIII. The Death Of Kwasind -- XIX. The Ghosts -- XX. The Famine -- XXI. The White Man's Foot . -- XXII. Hiawatha's Departure ; VG
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.. The Song of Hiawatha.. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855, 1855.
Price: US$955.53 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first issue with textual errors. The Song of Hiawatha, Longfellow's epic poem of a Native American love story, is one of the most enduring productions of American Romanticism. The US edition was slightly preceded by the UK edition. BAL 12112. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, covers blocked in blind. Very light wear around spine ends and tips and a few faint marks to covers. A near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, first printing: with all issue points noted, including the missing letter "n" absent from the word "one" on page 279, line 5 up. 12mo. iv, 316pp., and 12-page publisher's catalog (dated November, 1855) bound-in after the back free endpaper. Publisher's brown decorative cloth stamped in blind on both covers, gilt spine, light yellow endpapers. From the library of American historian Solomon Lincoln, with his small ink name stamp on the front free endpaper. Spine is a little cocked, head and tail of spine lightly worm, a very good copy. An attractive, well-preserved copy of the scare first issue. *BAL* 12112; *Grolier American One Hundred* 66.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Original chocolate brown cloth, decorated in blind, spine gilt-lettered; in a blue quarter morocco slipcase. First American edition, first printing, with the letter "n" missing in the word "one" on p. 278 line 4 up; 12-page publisher's catalogue at end (dated November 1855). Ink gift inscription dated in November 1855 on front free endpaper. The American edition was published several months after its publication in London. A fine copy. BAL 12112; Grolier/American 66. (BA). Very faint spotting to sides
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.. The Song of Hiawatha.. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: iv, 316 + 12 pp. pub. cat dated November, 1855. 8vo, publisher's brown cloth, preserved in a custom slipcase and chemise. First edition, first issue. BAL 12112. Some minor use to the cloth (minute areas of rubbing at the very tips of the corners and some light rubbing); a very attractive copy).
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1855.
Price: US$1099.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Clippings pasted to both pastedowns and first 2 FEPs. Rubbing along panel edges. Light chipping at spine crown/heel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.