Author: LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
Title: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Description: London, George Routledge & Sons, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. The Author's Edition: quarto (6-3/8" x 8-3/4") bound in 3/4 brown morocco leather and green boards with gilt rules, five raised bands, and a gilt-lettered and decorated spine, top edge gilt; iv, 644 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Longfellow and 180 designs by Sir John Gilbert, R.A. engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Contents generally clean, occasional light foxing. Minor rubbing to joints and spine tips with the lower rear corner rather severely bumped. Ill.: Sir John Gilbert. Contents clean; some rubbing to the joints. Very Good with wonderful illustrations .

Keywords: Poetry, Illustrated Books, Brothers Dalziel, Victorian Illustration, Sir John Gilbert, Henry W. Longfellow, 19th Century Literature Sir John Gilbert 19th Century American Literature Literature: American Sir John Gilbert Fine Bindings


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