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The Song of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
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About This Item
E. Grant Richards, 1907. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1907. No Edition Stated. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative green cloth. Contains black and white and colour illustrations and plates by Harrison Fisher. Decorations by E Stetson Crawford. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns. Text block detached to rear board, slightly attached to front. Severe cracking to gutters and front hinge, causing some pages and plates to be detached. Binding is very loose, with exposed binding. Pages are lightly tanned with some foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Noticeable tears and creases to page edges, text is unaffected. Thumb-marking throughout, with visible black marks to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate edge wear with corner bumping. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine ends, causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book is bowed and forward leaning. All pages and plates are present.
Synopsis
From the book:The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of many North American Indian tribes, but especially those of the Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They were collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the reknowned historian, pioneer explorer, and geologist. He was superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan from 1836 to 1841. Schoolcraft married Jane, O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua (The Woman of the Sound Which the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky), Johnston. Jane was a daughter of John Johnston, an early Irish fur trader, and O-shau-gus-coday-way-qua (The Woman of the Green Prairie), who was a daughter of Waub-o-jeeg (The White Fisher), who was Chief of the Ojibway tribe at La Pointe, Wisconsin. Jane and her mother are credited with having researched, authenticated, and compiled much of the material Schoolcraft included in his Algic Researches (1839) and a revision published in 1856 as The Myth of Hiawatha. It was this latter revision that Longfellow used as the basis for The Song of Hiawatha.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1652877884IEV
- Title
- The Song of Hiawatha
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- E. Grant Richards
- Date Published
- 1907
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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