The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
George Routledge and Sons., 1895.
Cambridge edition. 8vo. Finely bound in full brown tree calf by Riviere, with floral gilt borders to covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. A near fine copy with just a trace of wear to the joints. Bookplate to front endpaper.
Includes the epic poem, The Song of Hiawatha, in which Longfellow depicts the life journey of a real historical Native American, chief of the Onondaga tribe. Using trochaic tetrameter, a form which he felt accurately represented the rhythms of Native American singing, Longfellow lyrically relates Hiawatha's magical childhood, his marriage to Minnehaha, and his attempts to bring peace and prosperity to his people.
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£95.00
