The Courtship of Miles Standish, presentation copy

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Lot 48 | The Courtship of Miles Standish, presentation copy
The Courtship of Miles Standish, presentation copy

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1858

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858.



Love immortal and young in the endless succession of lovers,

So through the Plymouth woods passed onward the bridal procession.



Presentation copy of the first American edition, first printing, of Longfellow's verse Romance of the Mayflower Pilgrims. Inscribed: "Mrs Rutherford with the regards of the author." This follow-up to his 1847 Evangeline helped cement Longfellow's growing fame, and was popular across the Atlantic as well. It tells the story of a love triangle between Puritan captain Miles Standish, his roommate John Alden, and the clever maiden Priscilla Mullins—the latter two being Longfellow's direct ancestors. The single-leaf advertisement for the Waverly novels in some copies is not present. BAL 12122.



Octavo (185 x 115mm). 12-page publisher's advertisements dated October 1858 at end. Original brown cloth, blind-stamped on sides, gilt-lettered on spine (light wear at spine caps); modern slipcase and chemise. Provenance: "Mrs Rutherford" (presentation inscription from the author).

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