1833 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. 1st Edition Of 1st Work - With Autograph Letter




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Reference Number: Avaluer:7044463Topic: American (US)
Subject: Literature & FictionBinding: Cloth
Original/Facsimile: Original
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A wonderful example of one of Longfellow's most desirable works, the true first edition of Longfellow's very first original literary work + an autograph quotation / letter related to the work itself! Christie's Sold a Copy, Parts I & II, in a lesser condition and without the autograph letter related to the work itself, for $4, 375.00 in 2016.Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Outre-Mer, A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea. No. 1. Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Co, 1833Pp. [i-]iii-v[-vi; 4-]6-...107[-110]. Boston. Hilliard, Gray & Co. 1833. Later vellum, original marbled wrappers bound in (vellum with handling, neat repair to upper margin of front wrapper. Title and the two following leaves neatly repaired to the upper blank margins, old very faint damp staining, a line has been scratched out at the foot of the autograph quotation - probably the original recipient's name. Really a lovely example overall.Provenance: property of 'A London Editor' (sale, Anderson Galleries, 18 Dec. 1928, lot 123).The autograph quotation is from p.7 of the present work and offers an explanation for the title, it begins "The Pays d'Outre-Mer, or the Land  beyond the Sea, is a name by which the pilgrims and crusaders of old usually designated the Holy Land..."“After graduating in 1825, Longfellow was offered a job as professor of modern languages at his alma mater. An apocryphal story claims that college trustee Benjamin Orr … hired him under the condition that he travel to Europe to study French, Spanish, and Italian.Whatever the catalyst, Longfellow began his tour of Europe in May 1826 aboard the ship Cadmus. … He traveled to France, Spain, Italy, Germany, back to France, then to England before returning to the United States in mid-August 1829. While overseas, he learned French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German, mostly without formal instruction. In Madrid, he spent time with Washington Irving and was particularly impressed by the author's work ethic. Irving encouraged the young Longfellow to pursue writing.On August 27, 1829, he wrote to the president of Bowdoin that he was turning down the professorship because he considered the $600 salary 'disproportionate to the duties required'. The trustees raised his salary to $800 with an additional $100 to serve as the college's librarian, a post which required one hour of work per day. During his years teaching at the college, he translated textbooks from French, Italian, and Spanish; his first published book was a translation of the poetry of medieval Spanish poet Jorge Manrique in 1833.He published the travel book Outre-Mer, anonymously in serial form [two parts] before a book edition was released in 1835.



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