Autograph Manuscript, fair copy, of The Children's Hour, Signed Henry W. Longfellow

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

$12,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

4 pp. manuscript inlaid to size, extra-illustrated with 2 engraved portraits, an engraved view of Longfellow's Cambridge home, and a letterpress printed edition of the poem. 4to. Full red morocco gilt, front cover with triple gilt rule border with decorative floral cornerpieces around central gilt title, spine titled in gilt, silk moiré endpapers, a.e.g. by C. Walters. Joints lightly rubbed, faint traces of dampstain to inner hinges bottom two inches only, not affecting contents , small

• Binding: Leather

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