Description
First edition of The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Octavo, viii, 886pp. Three-quarter red morocco, red cloth boards. Title in gilt with five gilt-embellished raised bands on spine. Gilt trim to covers, top edge gilt. Red silk bookmark sewn-in, marbled endpapers. Bound by Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light rubbing to edges, Bottom edge of front hinge split, still sound.
The binder, Hatchards at 187 Piccadilly in London, England, was founded by John Hatchard in 1797. It is the oldest bookshop in London, and is still in business today.
