The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With numerous illustrations / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.95
Description
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' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1880s
Dimensions
Height
10 in
Width
6-3/4 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
1833
Date Printed
1835
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Binding 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.
