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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1110

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth American poet (1807-82); among his many notable works are The Courtship of Miles Standish, Evangeline, The Wreck of the Hesperus, and Paul Revere´s Ride; foremost of the "fireside poets". Fine Autograph Letter Signed "Henry W. Longfellow," 2 pages, 12mo, Cambridge, [MA], Nov. 9, 1854. He writes to Fields, "Allow me the pleasure of introducing the bearer W. A. L. Tavean whose ms. I sent you this morning, with a view to publication. Mr. Tavean would like to talk with you on the subject, and I write to bespeak for him a friendly reception." Lightly age-toned at folds, otherwise VG/F. With an 8vo engraved portrait.

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