THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, AND OTHER POEMS. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. 12mo, original decorated brown cloth stamped in gold and blind, brown coated endpapers. First U.S. edition, fifth printing. BAL's fifth printing readings, but does not have "twenty-seventh thousand" on copyright page. Includes an inserted 16-page publisher's catalogue dated "November, 1858." "Longfellow wrote several poems in [the supernatural] vein: 'The Haunted Chamber' (from 'Birds of Passage'), 'The Beleaguered City,' 'Two Angels,' 'Haunted Houses,' and 'The Phantom Ship.' His poems skillfully move from spectral specifics towards generalizations about humans and life -- rare in this genre, but welcome." - Tymn, ed., Horror Literature, p. 417. "The Two Angels," "Haunted Houses," and "The Phantom Ship" are collected in the present volume. Shallow chip from upper spine end, a very good, bright copy. (#133142).
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