[BINDING -- SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE]. LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. Poems. L: David Bogue, 1852. Brown crushed levant gilt, upper cover with elaborate all-over grape and vine leaf motif with green and purple morocco onlays.
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[BINDING -- SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE]. LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). Poems. London: David Bogue, 1852.
8vo. Numerous in-text illustrations. Full brown crushed levant, sides with gilt interlacing borders, upper cover with elaborate all-over grape and vine leaf motif with green and purple morocco onlays surrounding a central onlaid panel with inlaid monogram against a densely-gilt pointelle field with tiny red and tan morocco floral onlays, lower cover central circular teal morocco onlay with gilt feather and bow ornaments, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest with central thematic tools within interlaced borders, edges gauffered and gilt, turn-ins gilt with green silk doublures and endleaves STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (corners of spine very slightly rubbed).
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