Longfellow Beverly Chew Compiler (1 results)

From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Small 8vo. Original white parchment spine and lemon glazed boards, unopened. 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). Covers a bit soiled, a couple of margins slightly chipped.…