Buy this book on-line Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth : EvangelineThe Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1905
First Edition of the Christy illustrations. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Color illustration tipped in on front cover. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4." 131 pages, complete. Thirty-two illustrations, two of which are in full color, complete. The color illustrations are the frontispiece and the one on Page 29. Former owner's signature in black ink on front free endpaper. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning throughout and the small occasional mark or stain. Covers are very clean and intact except for minuscule wear to extremities, slight darkening along spine, and light rubbing (a few tiny spots are rubbed off on front-cover illustration). A Fine copy. The classic epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). Evangeline, also known as Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, is about a noble Acadian woman who searches for her love, Gabriel, during the Expulsion of the Acadians. Features illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952), an American illustrator famous for creating the "Gibson Girl" and "Christy Girl.". Illustr.: Christy, Howard Chandler. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth : Evangeline. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, out of print books, livres illustrées, libri rari and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |