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Lot 127
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1892). 4 works, comprising:
The Golden Legend. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. 4 pp. advertisements dated October 1851. Original brown cloth gilt. BAL 12102 (first printing, title-page dated "M DCCC LI"). -- The New-England Tragedies. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Original purple cloth gilt. BAL 12150 (early printing from unbattered type, binding B, no priority.). -- The Divine Tragedy. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. Original publisher's green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY LONGFELLOW on title-page. BAL's small paper format, measuring 6 7/8 x 4 1/2". BAL 12157 (small paper format measuring 6 7/8 x 4 1/2"). -- The Masque of Pandora. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. Original purple cloth gilt. BAL 12170 (first printing). -- Together, 3 volumes, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, ONE SIGNED BY LONGFELLOW, condition generally good.
Property from the Collection of John S. Leipsic