Antique Longfellow Poetry Book Red Leather 1869
Antique Longfellow Poetry Book Red Leather 1869
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Longfellow's Poetical Works came out of Frederick Warne's Chandos Classics series in 1869, the second title in the line, and this copy has been bound in full red morocco well above the standard the series usually wore. The boards carry blind-tooled Aesthetic strapwork with a small panel of gilt flowerheads, the spine is finished with raised bands and gilt floral compartments, and the edges are gilt throughout. The frontispiece portrait is engraved by J. Roskin and Son with a printed facsimile of Longfellow's signature beneath it, a common feature of the Chandos portraits and not a hand autograph. A period gift inscription to a Miss M L Walton, given for her birthday in the 1870s, adds a quiet human trace to the front matter. The feather-pattern marbled endpapers are especially good.
The leather is bright with light rubbing to the surface and wear along the edges and corners. The spine ends are chipped, with a visible loss of leather at the head. The binding is firm and the text block clean and tight throughout, with strong gilt to the edges. Foxing is concentrated on the title page and adjacent prelims, lighter through the rest of the volume. The marbled endpapers are fresh and well preserved. A handsome decorative copy that displays well.
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