The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier with Life and Letters of... Artist's Edition in 9 vols.

by John Greenleaf Whittier

$1,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1892 and 1894. First edition. Number 440 of 750 sets. Bound by the Riverside Press in full crushed olive morocco, spines uniformly faded. Nine volumes 6 x 8 1/2 inches occupying approximately 16 1/2 inches 42 cm. of shelf space. Top edges gilt. Raised bands and gilt floral patterns in the spine compartments and corners.

• Binding: Leather

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