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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha, London, David Bogue, 1855, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, advertisements at end, original blue cloth, gilt (spine and corners slightly frayed).
First issue with 3 lines on p. 100 concerning the sturgeon ("He is the terror of the fishes The destroyer of the salmon The devourer of the herring") omitted in the American edition which came out ten days later.
Provenance: J. Holdsworth, Bolton (early inscription).
First issue with 3 lines on p. 100 concerning the sturgeon ("He is the terror of the fishes The destroyer of the salmon The devourer of the herring") omitted in the American edition which came out ten days later.
Provenance: J. Holdsworth, Bolton (early inscription).