Colman's Monthly Miscellany. July 1839 Vol. 1, no.1

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Grenville Mellen, eds W. Cutter

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

With one engraved plate for “John Bull and Son Jonathan” . Pp. i, title - ii, blank , 1 -96. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, red spine label. Item #221033 First number of this short-lived American literary periodical that ran for three issues only . Includes: “Fragment of a modern ballad” by H.W. Longfellow in seven-syllable verses that show him searching for what would become the memorable

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