Tales of a Wayside Inn
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, green boards with gilt ruling, design and spine titling bright; text block firm, untrimmed pages
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1864. 1st UK. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, green boards with gilt ruling, design and spine titling bright; text block firm, untrimmed pages unmarked (frontispiece portrait a little loose); notes on separate sheet inserted at back.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). In his lifetime Longfellow was recognized as one of the America's great poets, though he became temporarily less fashionable after his death. A great admirer of the European tradition, he contributed greatly to the American intellectual life against the contemporary grain of isolationalism.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC91805
- Title
- Tales of a Wayside Inn
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, green boards with gilt ruling, design and spine titling bright; text block firm, untrimmed pages
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Pages
- 244
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- poetry, 1st, Longfellow, anthology, pocket
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_\"\" x 4\"\")
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