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1855 The Song of Hiawatha By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, First American Edition
REF: ES1575 / LA352476
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Description
Published by Ticknor & Fields, Boston 1855 first edition
An early issue of the first edition & bound in the original embossed cloth binding, the correct 1855 publishers catalogue to rear with the rear blank endpapers present but bound in before the catalogue.
Book measures approx 8 x 5 inches with 4 + 316 pages + catalogue
A desirable first edition & still bound in the original binding
measurements
Height:
8 in
Width:
5 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1855 The Song of Hiawatha By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, First American Edition (LA352476) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1855
condition
Some light marks to cloth boards, corners bumped, some light wear at top & bottom of spine, occasional light foxing or minor blemish to pages, very occasional page uncut.
Overall a very good copy with no major faults.
additional info
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Date of Manufacture:
1855
location
This 1855 The Song of Hiawatha By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, First American Edition is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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