12mo. Numerous illustrations. Original decorative cloth stamped in black and gilt (extremities rubbed, hinges a bit tender). Provenance: numerous signatures under various calendar days.

FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LONGFELLOW TO HIS DAUGHTER'S FRIEND: "Fanny C. Stone with kind regards of H.W.L." Longfellow additionally signs his name on p.63 under his birthday listing for February 27. Stone was the daughter of Eben F. Stone of Newburyport, MA, who served in the Massachusetts Senate in the 1850s and was a U.S. Congressman in the 1880s. She was also a friend of Longfellow's daughter.