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Christus: A Mystery
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First edition thus.. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. First Edition thus. Very Good+. First edition in one volume. A real attractive and solid book - very clean unfaded green cloth boards with black and gold decoration, gold lettering on cover and spine. Tiny spots of wear to spine ends and one 1/8" closed tear at top spine edge cloth. Bevelled board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean chocolate brown endpapers. Previous ower name and date (July 28, 1974) neatly penned at top of "Part I" page. All pages and edges are clean and bright. 186 pages. In clear protective removable mylar cover. A dramatic poem by Longfellow which for the first time brought together three related works: "The Divine Tragedy," "The Golden Legend," and "The New England Tragedies.".
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028569
- Title
- Christus: A Mystery
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First edition thus.
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, LITERATURE, POETRY, POEM, RELIGION, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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