LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). The Seaside and the Fireside. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. 8°, original brown embossed cloth (spine worn at head, covers stained). Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY to Mary R. Brown (author's inscription on front blank signed with initials and dated 7 May 1854, front advertisement leaf inscribed by the recipient). FIRST EDITION, early issue with 4p. advertisements at front dated December, 1849; and 20 other cloth-bound works including John Stuart Mill's Autobiography (1873) and Mrs Greet's Story of the Golden Owl (1892-93) printed on brown paper. (21)