Item #29770 A bibliography of the first editions in book form of the writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Compiled largely from the collection formed by the late Jacob Chester Chamberlain. With assistance from his notes and memoranda by Luther S. Livingston. JACOB CHESTER CHAMBERLAIN, Luther S. Livingston.

A bibliography of the first editions in book form of the writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Compiled largely from the collection formed by the late Jacob Chester Chamberlain. With assistance from his notes and memoranda by Luther S. Livingston.

New York: Privately printed, 1908. First edition limited to 550 copies printed at the De Vinne Press, this one of 500 on Old Stratford paper; 8vo, pp. xiv, 131; frontispiece portrait in sepia, title-page printed in red and black, and a few full-page facsimiles in the text; original gray paper-covered boards, red leatherette label lettered in gilt on spine; the covers soiled and stained and extremities worn, with spine ends chipped away and a half-inch scrape to spine label; still a good sturdy copy. First editions of this title are hard to come by in the trade--even in this condition; reprints and PODs abound online. Item #29770

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