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AFTERMATH
by LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Owner name of E. M. Vincent on the half-title page. Some bubbling to the cloth, light rubbing and wear to the spine tips. Very G
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1873. First British Edition. Hardcover. Owner name of E. M. Vincent on the half-title page. Some bubbling to the cloth, light rubbing and wear to the spine tips. Very Good and a fine Association Copy. 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 from Longfellow INSCRIBED in the poet's distinct hand on the verso of the front endpaper: "Mrs. Theodore Parker/with kind regards/of the Author/June 11, 1874."
Mrs. Theodore Parker (Lydia Cabot) was the wife of Theodore Parker (1810-1860) who was a leading abolitionist, American Transcendentalist, and, along with William Ellery Channing, the most important and influential Unitarian minister of the nineteenth century. Parker's sermons inspired speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. Parker wrote in 1850: "A democracy -- that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people." And it was Parker in 1853 who said, "I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice."
Mrs. Theodore Parker (Lydia Cabot) was the wife of Theodore Parker (1810-1860) who was a leading abolitionist, American Transcendentalist, and, along with William Ellery Channing, the most important and influential Unitarian minister of the nineteenth century. Parker's sermons inspired speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. Parker wrote in 1850: "A democracy -- that is a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people." And it was Parker in 1853 who said, "I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017695
- Title
- AFTERMATH
- Author
- LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Owner name of E. M. Vincent on the half-title page. Some bubbling to the cloth, light rubbing and wear to the spine tips. Very G
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Signed, 19th Century American Literature, Association Copy, Rare, Poetry, Henry W. Longfellow, 19th Century Literature, Inscribed, Transcendentalism
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; Association Copy;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Octavo
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- Verso
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- Association Copy
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- Rubbing
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