The Song of Hiawatha

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, first printing: with all issue points noted except for the presence of the letter “n” which is present in the word “one” on page 279, line 5 up. 12mo. 316pp., plus 12-page publisher’s catalog dated November, 1855 bound-in after the back free endpaper. Publisher’s brown decorative cloth stamped in blind on both covers, gilt spine, light yellow endpapers. Neat contemporary gift inscription, small chips at the crown some spotting on front board, and a short split in rear gutter, a very good copy. An attractive, well-preserved copy of the scare first issue. *BAL* 12112* noting that the letter "n" on page 279 occurs in both first editions and reprints); *Grolier American One Hundred* 66. (Inventory #: 608081)