Nov 21, 2013 - Sale 2332

Sale 2332 - Lot 190

Price Realized: $ 1,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie. 8vo, rebound in dark green morocco, front and back covers with central four-pointed gilt device of hearts and tulips with red and blue onlays surrounded by elaborate leaf and vine scrollwork bordered by gilt and red lozenges within triple gilt-fillet rules, spine similarly decorated in 6 compartments with gilt titles in 2; wide gilt turn-ins and russet silk endpapers, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; housed in custom cloth slipcase. Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1847

Additional Details

first edition, attractively rebound, second state with "Lo" for "Long" in the first line of page 61 and four-page publisher's catalogue dated "October 1, 1847" at end. BAL 12089.