Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Golden Legend First Printing 1st Issue 1851

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Golden Legend First Printing 1st Issue 1851:
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We are offering THE GOLDEN LEGEND By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Ticknor, Reed, and Fields. Boston. MDCCCLI. (1851.) First Edition. First Printing. This book is hard-bound in brown cloth with blind-stamping to the covers and gilt stamping to the spine. There is some light scuffing to the covers as well as rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with a bit of toning to the paper. This book is the First Edition, First Issue. Publishers ads inserted at the front, datesd January, 1852, with yellow end-pages.Shipping Anywhere In The United States Media Mail $4; International Shipping $20.Please Note: We accept PayPal, but also accept all credit cards. Everything we sell is Returnable for any reason. We only ask for prompt notification, within 14 days.We generally do try to \"combine shipping\" when you purchase more than one item--except in cases of large lots or very heavy shipments. ON INTERNATIONAL ORDERS, WE DO REFUND ON OVERCHARGES!! Don\'t hesitate to ask for more info/detail on any of our listings.HOFFMAN BOOKS, ABAA, IOBA Henry Wadsworth LongfellowFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaHenry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow, photographed byJulia Margaret Cameronin 1868BornFebruary 27, 1807
Portland, Maine, U.S.DiedMarch 24, 1882(aged75)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Storer Potter
Frances Elizabeth AppletonChildrenCharles Appleton Longfellow
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow
Fanny Longfellow
Alice Mary Longfellow
Edith Longfellow
Anne Allegra LongfellowSignature

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow(February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include \"Paul Revere\'s Ride\",The Song of Hiawatha, andEvangeline. He was also the first American to translateDante Alighieri\'sDivine Comedy, and was one of the fiveFireside Poets.

Longfellow was born inPortland, Maine, which was then a part of Massachusetts. He studied atBowdoin College. After spending time in Europe he became a professor at Bowdoin and, later, atHarvard College. His first major poetry collections wereVoices of the Night(1839) andBallads and Other Poems(1841). Longfellow retired from teaching in 1854, to focus on his writing, living the remainder of his life inCambridge, Massachusetts, in a former Revolutionary War headquarters ofGeorge Washington. His first wife Mary Potter died in 1835, after amiscarriage. His second wife Frances Appleton died in 1861, after sustaining burns when her dress caught fire. After her death, Longfellow had difficulty writing poetry for a time and focused on translating works from foreign languages. He died in 1882.

Longfellow wrote manylyric poemsknown for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses.