Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea, Volume I by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 2009-01-28

Lovell, Corveli & Company, New York, n.d. Good. Part of collection entitled "Longfellow's Works" without date or number; appears from typography and gilt ornamentation on spine to be late 19th century; 276 p., clean and unmarked anywhere --not ex-lib., no former owner's name; paper very strong and fine though mildly age-toned; foxing on paste-downs; navy blue boards have slight bumping at corners and a bit of rubbing at crown of spine.

New York: John W. Lovell Company. Good+. Half Leather. Attractive binding. Marbled boards showing edgewear. Some scuffing to leather and some loss at spine head. Note Hyperion is available in the same binding (sell stock #980193). ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 276 pages .

Philadelphia, PA: David McKay, 1891. Revised edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, brownish green cloth boards decorated in black and gilt on front and spine. Exterior shows minor spotting and soiling but edge and corner bumps are present with the bottom edges being the worst. The internal binding is good in text pages are secure. No hinge issues, no bookplates, no library markings. There is a gift inscription from the original owner on the front and page and is faint residue in the corner were an old bookstore price was once penciled. Going through the pages we did see that several of them did have pencil marks, these were basically limited to small X marks and a few pencil ticks. These are only found on three pages though there might be one or two that we missed. The only other issue is at the bottom of the exterior page edge textblock where there is a thin crease/dent running across the pages in both boards.

New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1882. Reissue. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Reissue. One gathering loose but included, page ridges and some pages foxed. 1882 Hard Cover. 276 pp. Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea is a prose collection by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was the first major work by Longfellow and it was inspired by his travels in Europe as a young man. The term "outre-mer" is French for "overseas". In preparation for his employment as a professor of language at his alma mater Bowdoin College, Longfellow traveled to Europe. His stay there may have inspired Outre-Mer. It is his first published literary work after previously publishing academic texts. After Longfellow received a professorship at Harvard College, he rented a room in Cambridge, Massachusetts from Elizabeth Craigie, the widow of Andrew Craigie, who had been the first Apothecary General of the United States, in the summer of 1837. Assuming the young-looking Longfellow was a… Read More

Borgo Press, 2002-06-01. Paperback. Good.

New York: John W. Lovell Company. Very Good-. N.D.. Softcover. Light wear to spine ends. Staples are rusted. ; Approx. 4 3/4" wide by 7". ; Lovell's Library No. 2; 276 + ads pages .

Forgotten Books, 2015. Paperback. Very Good -/None as issued. Clean, solid copy with moderate shop wear. Text is unmarked. Small section of page corner tips are creased at bottom. Cover has moderate surface and corner wear, including a small crease across back bottom corner. Binding is tight and square; no creases to spine. Modern reproduction of the text from the 1886 original. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised edition. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, topedge gilt. Octavo. 371pp. Small stain on page foredges, cloth lightly rubbed, very good.

John W. Lovell Company. Used - Good. Good condition. Spine ends worn. Boards rubbed. Corners bent. Owners' names on front endpapers. (Europe, France, Spain, Italy)

Wildside Press, 2008. Paperback. New. 128 pages. 8.98x5.75x0.47 inches.