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The Poets and Poetry of Europe
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845. First Edition, First Printing . Decorated Cloth. Good Plus. 9.5" x 6. 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
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000608
- Title
- The Poets and Poetry of Europe
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carey & Hart
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1845
- Pages
- 779
- Size
- 9.5" x 6
- Keywords
- [first edition, antiquarian, classic, poetry, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
Biblio member since 2005
Baldwinsville, New York
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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