The Song of Hiawatha. LONGFELLOW (Henry Wadsworth).

First US Edition. 8vo. [185 x 114 x 24 mm]. iv, 316, [12] pp. Bound in the original brown cloth, the covers blocked in blind, the spine lettered in gilt. (Headcaps slightly worn).
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855.

With the 12pp of advertisements dated November 1855 at the end. A fine copy of the first issue of the first US edition, with all the relevant points. The London edition, published by David Bogue, appeared ten days earlier.

Armorial bookplate of John Townsend.

Stock no. ebc3646