Ballads and other poems
by LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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1842 EXQUISITE 1st ed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ballads & Poems Excelsior RARE
"For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain."
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most important and well-known American poets of the 19th-century. He is highly regarded for his works such as 'The Song of Hiawatha'. His ballads proved to quite popular as well, which were published here in this 1842 Cambridge edition contains ballads and several other popular poems. Notable works found in this book include:
· Excelsior
· God's Acre
· Goblet of Life
· The Skeleton in Armour
· The Wreck of the Hesperus
· The Luck of Edenhall
· The Elected Knight
· The Children of the Lord's Supper
Item number: #24767
Price: $950
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
Ballads and other poems
Cambridge [Mass]: published by John Owen, 1842. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xxv, [3], 29-132
· First edition point:
o p. 34, end of first line: quotation mark at end of line
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18.5cm x 12cm)
· Rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at $1500 (for lesser attractive examples)
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- Title
- Ballads and other poems
- Author
- LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Owen
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge [Mass]
- Date Published
- 1842
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
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