first edition
1855 · Boston
by LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. FIRST EDITION, First Printing. 185 x 110 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 1/4"). iv, 316 pp., [2] blank leaves, 11, [1] pp. (ads).
Brown publisher's cloth, covers with blind-stamped decoration, smooth spine with gilt lettering. With the ads for Ticknor and Fields publications in the back. Front pastedown with bookplate of Charlotte W. Porter; front free endpaper with ink gift inscription to her from her brother, dated Christmas 1855. BAL 12112. ◆Corners and head and tail of spine a little rubbed, scattered light marginal soiling and occasional spots internally, but generally fresh and pleasing, in its original smooth, clean, unmarked (truncated)
Brown publisher's cloth, covers with blind-stamped decoration, smooth spine with gilt lettering. With the ads for Ticknor and Fields publications in the back. Front pastedown with bookplate of Charlotte W. Porter; front free endpaper with ink gift inscription to her from her brother, dated Christmas 1855. BAL 12112. ◆Corners and head and tail of spine a little rubbed, scattered light marginal soiling and occasional spots internally, but generally fresh and pleasing, in its original smooth, clean, unmarked (truncated)