Outre-Mer No. I; with Outre-Mer No. II

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1833-34. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS of Longfellow's first two books of original work, [preceded only by a few grammars and translations]. Outre-Mer was modeled after Washington Irving's Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon in terms both of its content and its publication in numbered parts. More parts were planned, and one or two were actually prepared, but only these two were published as part of the original series. No. I appeared in July of 1833. Longfellow wrote to friends that No. II would come out that fall, but there were apparently glitches as it didn't appear until the following summer, and with the imprint of a different publisher. Only five hundred copies of No. I were printed. The size of the print run of No. II is unknown, but both parts are notably rare. The first part was originally bound in fragile, marbled paper wrappers, the second part in wrappers or cloth-backed, paper-covered boards. The two parts here have been rebound together in modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Apart from some scattered foxing and the odd age-darkened page, the book, and both component parts, are in near fine condition. BAL 12053 and 12056. N° de ref. del artículo 000073

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