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The Song of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£125.00£112.50
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About This Item
London: Grant Richards, 1908. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7.5". Harrison Fisher. A beautifully illustrated edition of Longfellow's epic poem containing Native American characters, in a decorative binding. 'The Song of Hiawatha' was first penned in 1855, and is an epic relating the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior called Hiawatha and his tragic love for a Dakota woman.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American writer and teacher, known for 'Paul Revere's Ride' and 'Evangeline', as well as being the first American to translate Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. His poetry was particularly lyrical, drawing inspiration from mythology, and he was a particularly versatile poet, exploring all sorts of forms.With a decorative binding with detail to the cover and spine. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, slight bumping to extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Gift inscription to the front endpaper. Internally binding is weak, with gatherings held by a cord. Front hinge is near disbound. Pages are bright and clean. Good
Synopsis
From the book:The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of many North American Indian tribes, but especially those of the Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They were collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the reknowned historian, pioneer explorer, and geologist. He was superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan from 1836 to 1841. Schoolcraft married Jane, O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua (The Woman of the Sound Which the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky), Johnston. Jane was a daughter of John Johnston, an early Irish fur trader, and O-shau-gus-coday-way-qua (The Woman of the Green Prairie), who was a daughter of Waub-o-jeeg (The White Fisher), who was Chief of the Ojibway tribe at La Pointe, Wisconsin. Jane and her mother are credited with having researched, authenticated, and compiled much of the material Schoolcraft included in his Algic Researches (1839) and a revision published in 1856 as The Myth of Hiawatha. It was this latter revision that Longfellow used as the basis for The Song of Hiawatha.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 758R35
- Title
- The Song of Hiawatha
- Author
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Illustrator
- Harrison Fisher
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grant Richards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- henry wadsworth longfellow song of hiawatha poetry song of hiawatha
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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