Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882. New and Revised Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 450pp. Green cloth over bevelled boards, gilt and black title and decoration to cover and spine, all edges gilt. Frontispiece engraving of author with facsimile inscription and signature and many other illustrationsall with tissue guards. Covers are worn . Spine is chipped at head and tail and has a half inch flap of cloth 2 inches from head. Hinges are split, some signatures are loose. Owner's name in pencil on front endpaper Contents are age-toned but otherwise quite clean, tiny smudge on frontispiece.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000338
- Title
- Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author
- Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1882
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Snow-Bound
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Poetry;
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