1847 Grahams Magazine FULL YEAR Bound Vol THOREAU Cooper LONGFELLOW Evangeline

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# ELITE 1847 LITERARY TREASURE: GRAHAM'S AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE **COMPLETE FULL-YEAR RUN (Volumes XXX & XXXI Bound As One) — January to December 1847** An extraordinary, highly collectible artifact of antebellum American literary history. This massive, single-volume unified annual run represents the absolute pinnacle of mid-19th-century periodical publishing, preserving monumentally rare first-appearance essays, serials, and foundational critiques. This volume is an essential, primary-source resource for early American print scholars and transcendentalist collectors. ### 👑 THE BACK-OF-THE-BOOK ULTRA-RARE ASSETS: What elevates this specific volume into an elite tier are the historic, first-appearance contemporary reviews contained in the rare second-half run: * **LONGFELLOW’S "EVANGELINE":** Features the momentous, immediate 1847 contemporary review and first-appearance critique of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's masterpiece. * **COOPER’S "THE CRATER":** Contains the incredibly rare, first-appearance review of James Fenimore Cooper's landmark utopian/apocalyptic novel. ### 📚 ADDITIONAL MAJOR LITERARY PRINTINGS INSIDE: * **HENRY DAVID THOREAU:** Features his legendary landmark essay *"Thomas Carlyle and His Works"* (serialized across pages 145 & 238). * **JAMES FENIMORE COOPER:** The complete serialized printing of his maritime story *"The Islet of the Gulf; Or, Rose Budd"*. * **WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT:** Original 1847 printing of his celebrated romantic poem *"Oh Mother of a M

• Publisher: George R. Graham & Co.
• Year: 1847
• Condition: Fair

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