Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN [SIGNED]. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1863.

Price: US$795.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, later state (with this volume priced in the ads at rear). Original pebbled green cloth with gilt stamped spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece engraving with tissue-guard of Old Bull playing violin in The Wayside Inn. LONGFELLOW'S INKED INSCRIPTION signed "Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow" on tipped-in paper slip. Neat contemporary inscription dated 1863. One of Longfellow's best remembered books containg his poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." Some spotting to frontis and tissue-guard else a clean and very good copy.

Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Tales of a Wayside Inn. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1863.

Price: US$1224.05 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Riviere bound first edition of this brilliant anthology of Longfellow's poetry, with a signed letter from Longfellow to his publisher bound in. The first edition. With an autographed signed letter from the author bound in after the title page, to his publisher, James R. Osgood; "Camb. March 18, 1872. Dear Mr. Osgood, Have you, or can you get for me; "Vittoria Colonna; Her Life and Poems. By Mrs. Henry Roscoe. 1863." Enclosed send receipt of payment for my last poem in the Atlantic. With many thanks, Yours truly, Henry W. Longfellow".Bound by Riviere.Bound without adverts so issue unknown.'Tales of a Wayside Inn' is a collection of poetry by the eminent American bard Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poems, in a similar vein to Chaucer's 'Tales', follows a group of people who frequent the Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, Massachusetts.The characters telling tales at the Wayside Inn are based on real people.Illustrated with an engraved title. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards, bound by Riviere. Externally, smart, with light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Some light marks to the boards. A small amount of loss of leather to the head of the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean. Neat repair to the margin of the title page, with a small closed tear to the head, repair to the margins of pages 43 to 48, with no loss of text. Chip to the tail of page 161/162, with no loss of text. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH.. Tales of A Wayside Inn. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863, 1863.

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Description: First American Edition; first printing; second issue publisher's catalogue. Original cloth; some wear; hinges weak; a good copy with a nineteenth-century photo of the Inn mounted onto the front free endpaper. A three page holograph letter, signed by Longfellow has been tipped in between the text and the advertisements: 'Cambridge, Mass. 1863.I am much obliged to you for your kindness in sending me the Portuguese translation of Excelsior. It is beautifully and skillfully done and if you ever have an opportunity, I wish you would convey my compliments and thanks to Mr. Cabral for the pleasure he has given me. I am happy to say that my son is doing well and is as comfortable as a man can be with a rifle shot through both shoulders. The wound is serious, but not dangerous unless the spine has suffered, which we are not quite sure of yet.' The abolitionist Longfellow's son enlisted in the Union Army against his father's wishes. Although Charles recovered fully from this wound, it was initially feared to be fatal. This volume contains Longfellow's most enduring poem, 'The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.' So far as his compliment is concerned, Longfellow, a professor of language, especially Romance languages, was in a position to genuinely appreciate the quality of a translation of his work. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH.. Tales of a Wayside Inn. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863, 1863.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Shaken; some page staining; only a good copy. Presentation copy; inscribed upon publication to his brother's son (his nephew), 'W.P.P. Longfellow [William Pitt Preble Longfellow] with regards of the author. Nov. 25, 1863.' This volume contains Longfellow's most enduring poem, 'The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.' All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.