Lot 192
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Masque of Pandora. Boston, 1875. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LONGFELLOW. THE MILDRED GREENHILL-H. BRADLEY MARTIN COPY.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). The Masque of Pandora. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875.
8vo. (Some offsetting to a few pages.) Original publisher’s gilt-stamped green cloth, beveled boards (some minor rubbing, some light wear to spine ends and corners); custom green and tan drop-spine box with green morocco lettering-piece gilt. Provenance: Dr. T. M. Dalooska (presentation inscription from the author); Mildred Greenhill (bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate; sold his sale, Sotheby’s New York, 30 January 1990, lot 2128).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LONGFELLOW: “Dr. T. M. Dalooska with compliments and kind regards of the Author. May 23, 1876.” One of 3030 copies in the first edition, with first issue points: imprint and copyright notice dated 1875, “Cadenabria” on p. [iii], “Heard in” on p. 32, and “Sea-Tides” as running headline on p. 141. THE H. BRADLEY MARTIN COPY. BAL 12170.
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