1877 · London:
by [Fore-edge Painting] LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882).
London:: George Routledge & Sons, 1877., 1877. 8vo. iv, 644 pp. Endleaves are foxed, otherwise internally clean. Original full red crushed blind- and gilt-stamped morocco, all edges gilt, BOUND BY RAMAGE, London. The binding is signed by the binder on the front lower dentelle. Very good. WITH A "SPLIT-DOUBLE" FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF BUFFALO HUNTING SCENES, AFTER GEORGE CATLIN, SHOWING AN AMERICAN INDIAN ON HORSEBACK, HUNTING A BUFFALO; THE SECOND SCENE, SIMILAR, COULD BY AFTER CATLIN AS WELL, THIS TIME WITH 3 MEN ON HORSEBACK, RIFLES IN HAND, ATTACKING A BUFFALO/BISON THAT IS ALSO HARMING THEM. The scenes are painted by Don Noble (not signed, as usual). This copy appears to have passed through Harrington's ca.1990-3. PROVENANCE: Calling card of George Booth, Beamsley Hall, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, inscribed to Miss. H. M. Coutin [cousin?], 1933. [kmw]
(Inventory #: FF2462)