Name/Title
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With numerous illustrations / Henry Wadsworth LongfellowEntry/Object ID
2015.7.95Description
348 pages. Tissue guarded frontis.
An extremely popular binding design of the 1880's. which was issued by multiple publishers with minimal changes. Note similarity to Tennyson, published by Nims and Knight. Note also the success of this lighter brown cloth choice for Longfellow compared to the darker green cloth color issued two years later by the same publisher.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisher
Houghton, Mifflin & CompanyPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1833Date Printed
1835Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band TitlesBinding Notes
Bound in tan beveled cloth with a left vertical and top panel of climbing vine with leaf and flower. Stamped in black and red. Medallion stamping in black to bottom right of Longfellow's home. Title stamped in dark green to rectangular gilt panel on cover, also on vertical length of spine. Dark brown stone endpapers. All edges gilt.Notes
Publication Date: 1885, 1883Relationships
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"The Poetical Works of Longfellow" 2015.7.96
