[LONGFELLOW] – Beverly CHEW, compiler

The Longfellow Collectors' Hand-Book: A Bibliography of First Editions

New York: William Evarts Benjamin, 1885. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Small 8vo. Original white parchment spine and lemon glazed boards, unopened. Covers a bit soiled, a couple of margins slightly chipped. Item #409675

First edition, limited to 250 copies numbered and signed (with initials) by Benjamin (this is no. 95). The first separate bibliography of an American author, compiled by Beverly Chew, a distinguished New York book collector and very early member of the Grolier Club (he joined it in the year of its founding, 1884). BAL vol 6, p. 367. (BA).

Price: $225.00