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Longfellow, Evangeline, Darley Illustrations, 1883
Sold
$70
Timed Auction
Railroad Crossing Discovery Auction: Closing March 12th, 2024
Category
Description
Henry W. Longfellow, EVANGELINE, A TALE OF ACADIE, illustrated by F. O. C. Darley (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883) 1st issue, in publisher's imitation alligator skin wraps, with Japanese style stitching.
Condition
The covers worn, with most of the stitching threads broken; tide mark through the text and plates
Provenance
From the private library of Anton Vishio, Sr., scholar and mentor, who for 45 years taught Latin and Classical Greek at The Gilman School in Baltimore.
