THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH.
- Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858.
- 8vo.
- Bound in brown embossed cloth. Gilt spine author and title.
- [i-vi], [7]-215 pages
- ISBN: none
Price: $80.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 137848
First American edition, first issue with "treacherous" for "ruddy", l.3, p.124. BAL 12122. Some wear to the spine ends and corners. Front hinge tender. Else a very good copy. An important Longfellow volume with some of his most famous poems. Longfellow claimed that his tragi-comic ballad of a Pilgrim love triangle was inspired by true events; he was himself descended from the Plymouth Pilgrims, including the real-life namesakes of his poem's protagonists.
More On This Subject - -
See More Items By - -