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Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1892. The Artists' Edition. Number 697 of 750 copies. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, Frank T. Merrill, Frederic Remington and F.O.A.C. Darley et al. 9 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco, gilt lettered spine, raised bands, t.e.g. Minor uniform fading, else fine. The Artists' Edition. Number 697 of 750 copies. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, Frank T. Merrill, Frederic Remington and F.O.A.C. Darley et al. 9 vols. 8vo.

Cambridge: privately printed [at the Riverside Press], 1863. Small 8vo, pp. 15; English and Latin on opposite pages; with the second reading in the first line: "Day of vengeance" instead of the original, "Day of weeping." Bound with: Jacobus de Benedictis, Stabat Mater. Cambridge: privately printed [presumably at the Riverside Press], pp. 11; English and Latin on opposite pages. Presentation copy to "Miss Folsom, with the kind regards of John A. Dix, Paris, 8 Jan. 1869." The first title is extra-illustrated with 3 albumen prints of Christian art, and the second title extra-illustrated with 7 albumen prints of the same; on a separate leaf bound in at the end is a manuscript index to the photographs in the hand of Dix, listing the title of the photograph and the page number where inserted; bound in full crushed brown morocco by L. Curmer, red silk moiré endpapers, inner dentelles, a.e.g., etc. and with a blindstamped crucifix on the covers; red moiré-lined chemise, recent brown cloth slipcase with… Read More

Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1947. Anne Malcolmson, Grace Castagnetta, and Caldecott medalist Virginia Lee Burton joined forces in 1947 to produce the definitive edition of The Song of Robin Hood. Their triumphant achievement was one of the most distinctive presentations of the legend ever published, and it received a Caldecott Honor Medal in 1948. Through meticulous research and unfailing perseverance, Anne Malcolmson rediscovered fifteen of the original ballads of Robin Hood; Grace Castagnetta adapted them to modern musical notation. Virginia Lee Burton spent three years on drawings to accompany the songs, ultimately producing a work of art filled with exquisite detail and worthy of comparison to the greatest illuminated manuscripts of the medieval era.

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1886. Octavo, three-quarters leather, 14 volumes. Top edge gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies. This is set number 144. It also includes the three volume Final Memorials of Longfellow by Ticknor and Company published in 1887. All volumes are numbered 144 of 300 copies. Each volume contains the bookplate of noted American poet and publisher Scofield Thayer, best known for his art collection, which is housed in the Metropolitan Mueseum of Art. In near fine condition. Longfellow’s success spanned both sides of the Atlantic: "He wrote some of the most popular poems in American literature, in which he created a new body of romantic American legends," and when he died, "he was the first American whose bust was placed in the Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey" (Columbia University Press). This 14 volume edition includes two volumes of Longfellow’s prose, his translation of… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company/Riverside Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Autograph edition, number 43 of 750 copies signed by Burroughs. Beautifully bound in publisher's morocco. Complete 23-volume set, profusely illustrated with engraved or photogravure frontispieces and other illustrations throughout on Japan paper. Note: A manuscript leaf is tipped in at the beginning of Volume I, but appears to be from Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphrey Ward and not from John Burroughs' writings. Provenance: The George M. Pflaumer (Christie's 1997). Octavo, publisher's three-quarter morocco, gilt decorated spines with floral patterns, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; text partially unopened. A few volumes with light rubbing to leather. An exquisite set.

Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1892. The Artists' Edition. Number 697 of 750 copies. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, Frank T. Merrill, Frederic Remington and F.O.A.C. Darley et al. 9 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco, gilt lettered spine, raised bands, t.e.g. Minor uniform fading, else fine. The Artists' Edition. Number 697 of 750 copies. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, Frank T. Merrill, Frederic Remington and F.O.A.C. Darley et al. 9 vols. 8vo.

Cambridge: privately printed [at the Riverside Press], 1863. Small 8vo, pp. 15; English and Latin on opposite pages; with the second reading in the first line: "Day of vengeance" instead of the original, "Day of weeping." Bound with: Jacobus de Benedictis, Stabat Mater. Cambridge: privately printed [presumably at the Riverside Press], pp. 11; English and Latin on opposite pages. Presentation copy to "Miss Folsom, with the kind regards of John A. Dix, Paris, 8 Jan. 1869." The first title is extra-illustrated with 3 albumen prints of Christian art, and the second title extra-illustrated with 7 albumen prints of the same; on a separate leaf bound in at the end is a manuscript index to the photographs in the hand of Dix, listing the title of the photograph and the page number where inserted; bound in full crushed brown morocco by L. Curmer, red silk moiré endpapers, inner dentelles, a.e.g., etc. and with a blindstamped crucifix on the covers; red moiré-lined chemise, recent brown cloth slipcase with… Read More

Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1947. Anne Malcolmson, Grace Castagnetta, and Caldecott medalist Virginia Lee Burton joined forces in 1947 to produce the definitive edition of The Song of Robin Hood. Their triumphant achievement was one of the most distinctive presentations of the legend ever published, and it received a Caldecott Honor Medal in 1948. Through meticulous research and unfailing perseverance, Anne Malcolmson rediscovered fifteen of the original ballads of Robin Hood; Grace Castagnetta adapted them to modern musical notation. Virginia Lee Burton spent three years on drawings to accompany the songs, ultimately producing a work of art filled with exquisite detail and worthy of comparison to the greatest illuminated manuscripts of the medieval era.

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1886. Octavo, three-quarters leather, 14 volumes. Top edge gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies. This is set number 144. It also includes the three volume Final Memorials of Longfellow by Ticknor and Company published in 1887. All volumes are numbered 144 of 300 copies. Each volume contains the bookplate of noted American poet and publisher Scofield Thayer, best known for his art collection, which is housed in the Metropolitan Mueseum of Art. In near fine condition. Longfellow’s success spanned both sides of the Atlantic: "He wrote some of the most popular poems in American literature, in which he created a new body of romantic American legends," and when he died, "he was the first American whose bust was placed in the Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey" (Columbia University Press). This 14 volume edition includes two volumes of Longfellow’s prose, his translation of… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company/Riverside Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Autograph edition, number 43 of 750 copies signed by Burroughs. Beautifully bound in publisher's morocco. Complete 23-volume set, profusely illustrated with engraved or photogravure frontispieces and other illustrations throughout on Japan paper. Note: A manuscript leaf is tipped in at the beginning of Volume I, but appears to be from Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphrey Ward and not from John Burroughs' writings. Provenance: The George M. Pflaumer (Christie's 1997). Octavo, publisher's three-quarter morocco, gilt decorated spines with floral patterns, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; text partially unopened. A few volumes with light rubbing to leather. An exquisite set.