Lot Details
Lot 82
LONGFELLOW, HENRY Ballads and Other Poems.
Cambridge: John Owen, 1842. First edition, first issue with the quotation marks after the first line on p. 34 and the small "t" in the last line on p. 88, the Blair copy. Original glazed paper boards, skillfully rebacked, housed in a brown morocco backed slipcase. 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (18.25 x 11.25 cm); half-title, 132 pp. Rubbing and wear to boards and endpapers, rebacked, contents with scattered light foxing throughout, 1 1/4 inch tear to bottom of leaf at pp. 67-68, old pencil ownership inscription to blank stating "Mr. Crafts/From the Author," this likely in the hand of the recipient, Boston merchant Royal Altamont Crafts, the pastedown with the green leather book label of Blairhame.
Ballads and Other Poems is considered Longfellow's rarest book of poetry, one of about 350 copies printed, and it is especially so in its original binding. This copy sold Christie's 14 December 2016, lot 247. BAL 12070.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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