The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.97
Description
348 pages. With numerous illustrations. Tissue guarded frontis.
An extremely popular binding design of the 1880s, which was issued by multiple publishers with minimal changes.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1880s
Dimensions
Height
10 in
Width
6-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1880
Printer
Riverside Press
Place Printed
City
Cambridge
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Binding Notes
Bound in brick colored beveled cloth in a delicate line floral pattern with a left vertical panel of climbing vine with leaf and flower. Stamped in black and red. Title stamped in black to rectangular panel on cover, also on vertical length of spine. Beige floral endpapers. All edges gilt.
