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This is a reprint of the one-volume condensed version (taken from the authoritative 12-volume Riverside Edition) and was first issued in 1893, according to the Publisher's Note. The latest copyright date of 1922 is the closest indication of printing. Hard cover in original red cloth, blocked with gilt ruled edge around front board, and vignette wreath with author's name to center front. Titles to spine in addition to "Cambridge Edition." Top edge gilt. Cream end papers. Verso ffep. is series listing beginning with Browning and ending with "Chaucer, in preparation." CONDITION: Near Fine. Former owner's small sticker near outer edge of endpaper, and pen signature to ffep. Discoloration to one foredge section of text block not affecting pages within,( a manufacturing oddity.) COLLATION: xxii, (includes introductory biographical essay by the editor) [1]-689 [4]pp. including 2-column text, Appendix with notes, a chronological list of poems, index of first lines, and index by title. Portland, Maine's Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), one of the most influential poets of the nineteenth century, and part of the New England fireside poets, is best known for for his works, "Paul Revere's Ride" "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline," all of which are included in this volume. Also included are "Tales of a Wayside Inn," "The Mask of Pandora," "The New England Tragedies" and translations of Dante, and more. A sturdy and useable edition of an American classic. BAL 12803.
Ref: POEMUS 9400
$50.00