Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

POEMS OF PLACES. SCOTLAND. Volume 1 (of 2)

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (editor) · 1876 · Charles Agvent

$1,562.50 (€1,417.71 | £1,182.76 | ¥249,512)

Boston. James R. Osgood and Company. First Edition. Gilt and black-stamped green cloth with all edges stained red (4" x 6"); x, 246 pages. The first volume, of two, of poems about Scotland edited by Longfellow and including contributions by Burns, Scott, Wordsworth, and others...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS): Charming Missive to a Young Boy Named Charlie

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 1867 · Charles Agvent

$2,500.00 (€2,268.33 | £1,892.42 | ¥399,219)

Cambridge. Superb 4-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Henry W. Longfellow" on a 9" x 7" sheet of paper, folded once, to "My Dear Charlie," a young boy as obvious by the content. In full: "I have been so long in answering your letter, that no doubt you begin to think that I am not ...

SIGNED CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 0 · Charles Agvent

$1,250.00 (€1,134.17 | £946.21 | ¥199,609)

Portland [ME]. Lamson. A fine 4-1/8" x 6-3/8" cabinet card photograph of a white-bearded Longfellow INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the verso "Mme Carmen Pisani di [?]/with compliments and regards of/Henry W. Longfellow/Jan. 10, 1879.". Previous owner's neat, small ink notations at th...

ORIGINAL SIGNED ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF LONGFELLOW

[LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth] MARSHALL, William Edgar · 1881 · Charles Agvent

$1,062.50 (€964.04 | £804.28 | ¥169,668)

Philadelphia. George Barrie. Original, large engraved portrait of Longfellow surrounded by vignette scenes from his best-loved poems (Hiawatha, Blacksmith, Hesperus, Revere, etc.), with plenty of room for all as the engraving measures @ 21" x 30" and is on its original 25-1/4"...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 81872 · Charles Agvent

$500.00 (€453.67 | £378.48 | ¥79,844)

Cambridge. A 2-1/2-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with his initials on three sides of a 7-3/4" x 4-7/8" sheet of paper, folded once, to his publisher James Fields. In full: "I want you and Mrs. Fields, with all your guests, to come to supper after W. MacDonald's lecture at the P...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 251880 · Charles Agvent

$500.00 (€453.67 | £378.48 | ¥79,844)

Cambridge. A 2-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on two sides of an 8-3/4" x 7" sheet of paper, folded once, to an unidentified recipient inviting him to dine at his home and telling him which "horse-car" would be best to take from Boston. SIGNED "Henry W. Longfellow.". Normal fold...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 71869 · Charles Agvent

$625.00 (€567.08 | £473.10 | ¥99,805)

Cambridge. A 3-1/2-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on an 8-3/4" x 7" sheet of paper, folded once, to "My Dear Mrs. Lawrence" on his stay in Florence. In part: "Friday is certainly an unlucky day; for on Friday I called at your hotel and was so unfortunate as not to find you.... I...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 291864 · Charles Agvent

$625.00 (€567.08 | £473.10 | ¥99,805)

Cambridge. Interesting 1-1/2-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on both sides of a 7-3/4" x 6" sheet of paper, folded once, to Miss Smith. In full: "I return with many thanks the documents you were kind enough to send me - a charming poem and two very clever letters. I am very glad...

SIGNED CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 0 · Charles Agvent

$937.50 (€850.62 | £709.66 | ¥149,707)

Boston. Warren. A fine 2-7/16" x 4-1/4" carte-de-visite photograph of a standing full-bearded Longfellow SIGNED on the verso "Henry W. Longfellow" and dated 1864 by the poet.. Mild fading to the image with some letters just a little light in the signature. Still Near Fine

SIGNED CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 0 · Charles Agvent

$2,187.50 (€1,984.79 | £1,655.87 | ¥349,316)

Boston. Warren. A fine 4-1/4" x 6-1/2" cabinet card photograph of a seated elderly Longfellow SIGNED on the verso "Henry W. Longfellow" and dated 1875 by the poet.. Clear dark image and signature. About Fine

A HISTORY OF PAINTING IN ITALY, FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

[LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth] CROWE, J. A · 1864 · Charles Agvent

$3,125.00 (€2,835.41 | £2,365.52 | ¥499,023)

London. John Murray. First Edition. Three octavo (5-3/4" x 9") volumes in publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth. Illustrated with 99 plates. A Presentation Copy from Longfellow INSCRIBED TO HIS SON in the poet's distinct hand on the first blank: "Ernest W. Longfellow/with his...

THE HANGING OF THE CRANE

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 1875 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.25 | £1,419.31 | ¥299,414)

Boston. James R. Osgood. First Edition. Small quarto (6-1/2" x 8-3/4") bound in full red crushed levant leather with gilt fillet borders and decorative spine and turn-ins with watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. BAL 12166: First Issue of page 37. SIGNED "Henry W. Longfello...

TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 1863 · Charles Agvent

$343.80 (€311.94 | £260.25 | ¥54,901)

Boston. Ticknor & Fields. First Edition. First Printing in original green cloth. BAL 12136: Catalog A. Engraved title page. Contains "The Children's Hour" as well as the poet's famous account of Paul Revere's ride and the line Revere never uttered: "One, if by land, and two, i...

AFTERMATH

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 1873 · Charles Agvent

$2,500.00 (€2,268.33 | £1,892.42 | ¥399,219)

London. George Routledge and Sons. First British Edition. According to BAL 12164, "Apparently published simultaneously in Boston and London." Small octavo (4" x 6-1/2") bound in publisher's gilt-ruled and lettered green cloth with black stamping. State 1. A Presentation Copy f...

THE POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 1877 · Charles Agvent

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London. George Routledge & Sons. First Edition. The Author's Edition: quarto (6-3/8" x 8-3/4") bound in 3/4 brown morocco leather and green boards with gilt rules, five raised bands, and a gilt-lettered and decorated spine, top edge gilt; iv, 644 pages. Illustrated with a fron...

ASTRAEA Inscribed by Holmes to Longfellow

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell [LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth] · 1850 · Charles Agvent

$12,500.00 (€11,341.65 | £9,462.09 | ¥1,996,093)

Boston. Ticknor, Reed & Fields. First Edition. BAL 8757: First Printing, State B (A?), Binding A of original glazed boards; 39 pages: 2500 copies printed of this poem delivered at the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College on 14 August 1850. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author ...

THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, AND OTHER POEMS

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 1858 · Charles Agvent

$500.00 (€453.67 | £378.48 | ¥79,844)

Boston. Ticknor & Fields. First Edition. Original brown cloth with brown endpapers. BAL 12122. First Printing with the October catalogue and "treacherous" for "ruddy" on line 3 of page 124. One of the copies with the inserted ad for Ticknor & Field's edition of the Waverley No...

THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, AND OTHER POEMS

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth · 1858 · Charles Agvent

$437.50 (€396.96 | £331.17 | ¥69,863)

Boston. Ticknor & Fields. First Edition. Original brown cloth with brown endpapers. First Printing with October ads and "treacherous" for "ruddy" on line 3 of page 124. BAL 12122. Ad leaf not present in this copy but stub indicates it once was.. Small old Pennsylvania booksell...

LONGFELLOW HOUSE HISTORY AND GUIDE

Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 0 · Gibson

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Private Printing Cambridge, MA Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear, light soiling and staining on front cover ; Black and white photographs; 16 pages

FAVORITE POEMS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth · 1947 · Gibson

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson Doubleday Garden City, NY Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear ; Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby ; 395 pages