Longfellow Birthday Book by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (Poetry by)

Ward, Lock & Co. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. No Date. Boards are edge worn, a bit cocked and marked. Tanning, minor marks throughout the pages. However, it is in good condition, excellent binding. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback / softback. New.

This is a nicely illustrated copy of "A LONGFELLOW BIRTHDAY BOOK." 1914; Graham & Matlack; New York. The book is unused with no names written on the date lines. Beautifully illustrated with 10 full-page color chromolithographs. Each calendar page contains lines of verse by Longfellow. Uncommon copy with its original presentation box with tissue paper.Condition:Clean front cover and spine; the back cover has faded and turned a light purple color. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are clean and unused (not written in) with only a modern inscription written in red pen on the front end paper. Overall the book is in Very Good condition. The cover of the presentation has a scuff at the top of one edge, and the short panel with the title label has detached. The base has light foxing on the bottom and tears at all 4 corners where the panels meet. The original tissue paper is present with no condition issues.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Illustrated. Frontispiece. 12mo. Original pictorial cloth. Boston, 1881. First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Longfellow on the front flyleaf, "Fanny C. Stone with kind regards of H.W.L." [Frances Coolidge Stone was a friend of Longfellow's daughter Alice. She was the daughter of Eben F. Stone of Newburyport, MA, who served in the Massachusetts Senate in the 1850s and was a U.S. Congressman in the 1880s.]Longfellow has also signed his name on page 63 under his birthday listing for February 27.Many other signatures are inscribed on their birthdates throughout the book. Binding worn at edges and corners; o/w a fine copy.