Voices of the Night: Ballads and other Poems
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NF/None
- Seller
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
no dj as issued.
Gold edged pages.
Illustrated cloth cover with gold gilt Harp in center front.
Rare, Highly Collectible.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's first edition of first book published. 1839
Published by Hurst and Co. New York
One of the 5 members of the group Fireside Poets.
His debut book of poetry. The bulk of it is translations though he also included 9 original poems and 7 poems he wrote as a teenager.
Voices of the Night, Hymn to the night, A psalm of life, The reaper and the flowers, The light of stars, Footsteps of Angels, Flowers, The Beleagured City, Midnight mass for the dying year.
Earlier Poems,: An April Day, Autumn, Woods in Winter, Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem, Sunrise on the Hills, The Spirit of Poetry, Burial of the Minnisink
Synopsis
Longfellow began publishing his poetry in 1839, including the collection Voices of the Night, his debut book of poetry. The bulk of Voices of the Night was translations, though he also included nine original poems and seven poems that he had written as a teenager. Ballads and Other Poems was published in 1841 and included "The Village Blacksmith" and "The Wreck of the Hesperus", which were instantly popular.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Supercalifabulistic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213
- Title
- Voices of the Night
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards, Gold Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurst and co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1839
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hymn to the Night, First Book, Collectible Edition, Fireside Poets,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
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