Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., successors to Ticknor and Fields, 1869.. 1869.. Good. - Octavo, purple brown cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and spine with decorations in gilt on the front cover. The covers are heavily rubbed with some wear to the corners and head and tail of the spine. The gilt titling is mostly faded from the spine. 100 pages plus [4] pages of ads, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece, title vignette, a pictorial headpiece and illustrated ad leaves. There is scattered foxing throughout with a few minor stains. Good. <p>First edition, binding A, with no publisher's monogram on the spine. [Ref: BAL - 21874].

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26757
Title: AMONG THE HILLS, AND OTHER POEMS
Author: Whittier, John Greenleaf
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., successors to Ticknor and Fields, 1869.
Date Published: 1869.
Keywords: LITERATURE; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER; POETRY; AMONF THE HILLS; AND OTHER POEMS; 1ST EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; BINDING A.

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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