The Later Poems Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1866) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 2010-09-10

Bosrton, Houghton, Mifflin, 1883, first edition.. Full leather, AEG, this is Vol. III, illustrated, with a biographical sketch by Octavius B. Frothingham, frontispiece illustration of Longfellow, this NOT a print-on-demand abominationF. Ink 1935 gift inscription and a previous owner's name, very good.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. Later Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; 1407 pages. Subjects; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. British Literature. British Poetry. Prose Works.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin / Riverside Press. 1881. good+. Hardcover. 3 folio volumes; marbled end pages; b/w illustrations in text + engravings with tissue guards; contents unmarked; all edges gilt; inside dentelles; 12" tall; 5 rased bands on spine; bevelled edges with wear to edges & rubbing tooled, pebbled leather covers with gilt lettering & decor on fronts & spines .

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin/ Riverside Press. Complete in 3 vols. divided into 6 vols. Quarto. All six vols. attractively bound in flexible leather with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Vols. 1 and II dated 1880, Vol. 3 dated 1883. Very slight wear at the head and foot of the spines, chip on the outer edge of the front free endpaper of the first volume of Volume II, front free endpaper of the second volume of Volume III detached, otherwise Very Good Plus. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1880.

Cambridge and Boston, MA: The Riverside Press for Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1883. Book. VG+. Full-Leather. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Complete in three (3) volumes, comprised by Poetical Works (I + II) and Complete Prose Work/Later Poems, issued 1881-83, uniformly bound in full dark brown morocco, embossed decoration in black, lettered in gilt, (5) raised spine bands with (6) decorated spine compartments, beveled edges with gilt-dentilled inner edges, text blocks edged in gilt, marbled endpapers. A notably well-preserved set, much better than typically found, showing modest rubbing along joints and raised bands, some corners rubbed with minor exposure, small chip of loss at heel of Vol. II joint. Front flyleaf of Vol. I shows slight loss along lower fore-edge, of Vol. II shows tape repair to closed tear. xvi,488 + xvi,489-928 + viii,929-1408 pp., copiously illustrated with fronts. portraits and several hundred engravings by noted artists of the era, ranging from full- and… Read More

Boston: The Riverside Press for Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [circa 1886]. 3 volumes. The Very Fine Deluxe illustrated folio edition of Longfellow's complete works. Illustrated with very handsomely engraved portrait frontispieces with facsimile signatures in each volume, profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of engravings by various noted artists, many of which are on full page plates, many others are half-page in size, and still other smaller engravings are present throughout the volumes along with intricately designed chapter headings. Folio, in the publisher’s best and most deluxe and impressive binding of full dark brown morocco handsomely decorated with wide ornate panels of inlaid smooth morocco double-ruled in gilt and with large gilt corner tools to all covers, the upper covers with a full gilt decorations featuring a harp and flowers and ornate gilt lettering. The spines are decorated with gilt-ruled raised bands, panels in gilt with fine gilt tools in the center of each… Read More