Boston. Ticknor and Fields. 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 18.5cm, first U.S. edition, 3rd (or 4th) printing, iv,[7],215,12p., rear publisher's ads, original blind decorated ribbed brown cloth, gilt spine titles, brown-coated endpapers, top spine edge rubbed, slight damp stain (just visible) along the top margin of the text, bookplate, else a very good to fine copy. (Lt) BAL 12122. Longfellow's classic narrative poem of the early days of the Plymouth colony with an added collection of poems under the title. "Birds of Passage". A later printing (3rd or 4th) of the first edition of 1858.

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Bookseller: Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 34719
Title: The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems
Author: LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Boston. Ticknor and Fields. 1859
Keywords: AMERICAN LITERATURE POETRY LONGFELLOW

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