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Charles T. Brooks; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Various - Songs and Ballads; Translated from Uhland, Korner, Burger, and Other German Lyric Poets

Title: Songs and Ballads; Translated from Uhland, Korner, Burger, and Other German Lyric Poets
Description: Boston, James Munroe and Company, 1842. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce anthology of German lyric poems translated into English, including a translation by Longfellow. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. Last seen at auction in 1924.An anthology of beautiful examples of German lyrical poems, collecting and some translated by Charles Timothy Brooks. Including examples of the poetry of Uhland, Korner, Burger, Holty, Schiller, Goethe, Ruckert, Klopstock, A. L. Follen, and more.Notably this volume includes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation of 'The Luck of Edenhall', a ballad by Uhland about an enamelled glass beaker which was made in Syria or Egypt in the 14th century.This is Volume XIV in George Ripley's 'Specimens of Foreign Standard Literature&apos.Bookplate of Henry William Poor to the front paste down. Poor was an American banker, stockbroker, and author. In the original cloth binding. Externally, a little worn, with loss to the head and tail of the spine, and bumping to the extremities. Spine label is rubbed. Tear to the tail of the rear joint, resulting in the backstrip lifting. Light marks and a little rubbing to the boards. Front hinge has failed. Rear hinge is tender, held by one cord only. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 949P62

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