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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863
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Tales of a Wayside Inn, presentation copy
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). Tales of a Wayside Inn. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.
A fine presentation copy to Longfellow's friend and collaborator Thomas Buchanan Read, the first American edition. Read was a poet-artist who painted portraits of Longfellow as well as his daughters, the latter for illustrations of his poem "The Children's House" which appeared for the first time in book form in the present publication. This edition also contains the first book appearance of one of Longfellow's most beloved poems, "Paul Revere's Ride." BAL 12136.
Octavo (178 x 117mm). Illustrated additional title, 22pp. ad catalogue dated November 1863 at end [BAL printing A]. Original green cloth, brown coated endpapers, top edge gilt; modern chemise and slipcase. Provenance: Thomas Buchanan Read, 1822-1872, poet and artist (presentation inscription from the artist).
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1863
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). Tales of a Wayside Inn. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.
A fine presentation copy to Longfellow's friend and collaborator Thomas Buchanan Read, the first American edition. Read was a poet-artist who painted portraits of Longfellow as well as his daughters, the latter for illustrations of his poem "The Children's House" which appeared for the first time in book form in the present publication. This edition also contains the first book appearance of one of Longfellow's most beloved poems, "Paul Revere's Ride." BAL 12136.
Octavo (178 x 117mm). Illustrated additional title, 22pp. ad catalogue dated November 1863 at end [BAL printing A]. Original green cloth, brown coated endpapers, top edge gilt; modern chemise and slipcase. Provenance: Thomas Buchanan Read, 1822-1872, poet and artist (presentation inscription from the artist).
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