Boston, MA: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good. Gilt-stamped forest-green cloth, 51 pp., engraved frontispiece portrait, title page vignette, headpiece and decorative initial. First edition, second state, of Whittier's fantastically popular and oft-reprinted narrative poem. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, with head of spine chipped at frayed, mild fraying at corners; page edges tanned, discoloration to endpapers, gift inscription (dated 1867) on front free endpaper, short closed tear at fore-edge of one leaf.

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Bookseller: Crane's Bill Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 011272
Title: Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl
Author: Whittier, John Greenleaf
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1866
Keywords: NOISBN
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry;

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