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Song of Hiawatha
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine. First edition of Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.. Octavo, iv, 316pp, [12pp ads]. Brown cloth, gilt title on spine, embossed cover. Solid text block, wear to corners, a near fine example. Expert restoration to spine and hinges. Contains first printing points, notably "dove" in the place of "dived" on page 96, line 7. The first printing was issued in October of 1855, with 5250 copies printed. (BAL 12112) Housed in a custom half-morocco clamshell case, title in gilt on spine, lined with felt.
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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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13956
- Title
- Song of Hiawatha
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Illustrator
- First edition of Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- first edition Tales Of A Wayside Inn, first edition Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first edition Longfellow
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