THE GOLDEN LEGEND
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Richford, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: W.B. Conkey Co, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Beautiful gilt decorated blue cover. Gilt cameo stamp on front board. Circa 1911 ? Hard cover, no dust jacket. fine condition. Night and storm. LUCIFER, with the Powers of the Air, trying to tear down the Cross. Lucifer. HASTEN! hasten! O ye spirits! From its station drag the ponderous Cross of iron, that to mock us Is uplifted high in air! Voices. O, we cannot! For around it All the Saints and Guardian Angels Throng in legions to protect it; They defeat us everywhere! The Bells. Laudo Deum verum Plebem voco! Congrego clerum! Lucifer. Lower! lower! Hover downward! Seize the loud, vociferous bells, and Clashing, clanging, to the pavement Hurl them from their windy tower! Voices. All thy thunders Here are harmless! For these bells have been anointed, And baptized with holy water! They defy our utmost power
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- Bookseller
- Livres Norrois (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131384
- Title
- THE GOLDEN LEGEND
- Author
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W.B. Conkey Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1911
- Pages
- 195
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- English books;
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Livres Norrois
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Richford, Vermont
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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