The Children's Longfellow / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Name/Title

The Children's Longfellow / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.254

Description

334 pages. Illustrated with eight tissue-guarded color illustrations by artists of the period.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Children's poetry, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

6 in

Book Details

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Illustrator

N.C. Wyeth, F.E. Schooner, Stanley Massey Arthurs, Clifford W. Ashley, Olive Rush, Howard Smith, R. Shrader

Edition

First

Publisher

Houghton, Mifflin & Company

Place Published

City

Boston, New York

State/Province

Massachusetts, New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1908

Binding

Binding Type

Publishers' Binding- Onlay

Binding Notes

Bound in olive green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to cover and spine. Spine has a marvelous art nouveau decoration. Cover has a gilt stamped border paste-onlay illustration of a blacksmith talking to a young girl. Publisher's green stain to page edges.

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Notes

2020.4.45