1851 1st/1st The Golden Legend by Wadsworth Longfellow American Poetry
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most important and well-known American poets of the 19th-century. He is highly regarded for his works such as ‘The Song of Hiawatha’ and ‘Tales of a Wayside Inn’. In 1851, Longfellow wrote one of his best, but curiously lesser-known poems, ‘The Golden Legend’.
This story is an allegorical tale of the struggle of good and evil between Lucifer and Christ. It follows a medieval Prince who had come strangely ill and could only be cured by the blood of a fair maiden who would willing give her own blood for the Prince.
In late 1851, Ticknor and Fields began publishing the first of 3600 copies of this book. Late in the in process, the title page date was changed to 1852 along with several changes to the text. Below is the list of first printing points that are found in this example (which were later changed).
1851 1st/1st The Golden Legend by Wadsworth Longfellow American Poetry Allegory
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most important and well-known American poets of the 19th-century. He is highly regarded for his works such as ‘The Song of Hiawatha’ and ‘Tales of a Wayside Inn’. In 1851, Longfellow wrote one of his best, but curiously lesser-known poems, ‘The Golden Legend’.
This story is an allegorical tale of the struggle of good and evil between Lucifer and Christ. It follows a medieval Prince who had come strangely ill and could only be cured by the blood of a fair maiden who would willing give her own blood for the Prince.
In late 1851, Ticknor and Fields began publishing the first of 3600 copies of this book. Late in the in process, the title page date was changed to 1852 along with several changes to the text. Below is the list of first printing points that are found in this example (which were later changed).
Item number: #11535
Price: $499
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
The golden legend
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1851. First edition, first state
Details:
- Collation: Complete
- 4, [6], [2], 301, [1]
- References: BAL 12102
- First printing points: according to BAL
- 5, line 5 up: Fulgora
- 6, line 7: wardens
- 11, line 3: and restless.
- 14, last line: have heard
- 21, line 4 up: such books,
- 31, line 4: glow
- 32, line 6: wardens
- 139, line 11: ANACHIEL.
- 169, line 2 up: Ahr
- 176, line 7: King Rene
- 275, line 15: it,
- 291, line 1: That
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
- Size: ~7.5in X 5in (18.5cm x 12.5cm)
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11535
Category
Literature
Authors
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete