Name/Title
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With numerous illustrations / Henry Wadsworth LongfellowEntry/Object ID
2015.7.96Description
348 pages. Illustrations. Tissue guarded frontis.
An extremely popular binding design of the 1880s, which was issued by multiple publishers with minimal changes. Note similarity to Tennyson, published by Nims and Knight. Not also the lack of contrast in this green cloth choice for Longfellow, compared to the lighter tan cloth issued two years earlier by the same publisher.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowEdition
CompletePublisher
Houghton, Mifflin & CompanyPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1885Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band TitlesBinding Notes
Bound in '80s green 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 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" 2015.7.95
