Poems

Philadelphia: Joseph Healy, 1838. First Edition. Small Octavo. Most likely a presentation copy to Henry B. Stanton as it is signed and dated 1838 by the author on the dedication page, which was dedicated to Stanton. Stanton and Whittier were great friends working for the same cause, abolishment of slavery and the restriction of interstate trade. "Whittier struck the… Read more

Joseph Healy, Philadelphia; Weeks, Jordan & co., Boston; John S. Taylor, New York, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Slipcase condition: Near. Full soft leather with gilt stamped border and lettering on front panel. The volume is edge rubbed, corner bumped, and lightly soiled. The interior is light to mildly foxed throughout, is over-opened at the title… Read more

Philadelphia / Boston / New York: Joseph Healy / Weeks, Jordan / John S. Taylor, 1838. Small octavo, original brown diagonally fine ribbed cloth with a scale pattern, front cover gilt lettered. pp [2], vi, (7)-180, [4]. Free endpapers and fly leaves browned, with damp stain in margins of front free endpaper; some foxing to endpapers and occasionally in text;… Read more

Philadelphia / Boston / New York: Joseph Healy / Weeks, Jordan & Co. / John S. Taylor, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original embossed cloth (floral pattern), lettering and border stamped stamped in gilt on upper board; 12mo (110 x 184 mm); pp. [i]-vi, [7]-180. Some light chipping in the cloth at spine tips, corners, and… Read more

Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1849. 384 pages, some shelf wear, scattered foxing stains to pages, endpages soiled. Beautiful cover.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by H. Billings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Poetry.

NY: American Pub Corp Green cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, decorative spine and front board. Cambridge Edition, toning to pages. Good, edges have light rubbing. Title and several front pages loosening, 319 pages. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Co, 1850. Book. Good. Hardcover. 384 pp., Red blindstamped cloth has wear, lightly soiled, corners and spine ends chipped w/ boards exposed, Gift inscription on endpapers, Heavy foxing to endpapers and title page, minor foxing to text..

Philadelphia: Joseph Healy, 1838. Hardcover. Good plus. Hardcover. Good plus in original green cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board. Substantial tear to book cloth along spine, dampstaining to boards, and minor wear to edges. Foxing to interior. Top portions of first two end pages have been removed. Pencil inscriptions from previous owner on remnants of… Read more

Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Company. N.D.. Household Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Bumped with lightly rubbed corners and shelf wear to crown and heel of spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original binding. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

New York, NY: John W. Lovell Company. Good. 1886. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 319 pages; Hardback No Dustjacket Gold leaf on edges Pages 299 to 306 missing Gift Inscription dated Dec 25, 1886; BX234 .

Belford, Clarke & Company, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardcover. Near Fine. NF, superbly decorated cover, aeg, 100 ill. by W. A. McCullough.

Belford, Clarke & Company, 1880. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Hardcover. Strong wear… Read more

Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey. AEG, Gilt dec boards, ink nm, hvy cvr/edgwr, hvy sp wr, ow g. 1850. 2nd Edition. Light staining and foxing throughout bk. .

Belford, Clarke & Company, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Chicago, no publication date stated, c. 1900; reprint bound ingray cloth covered boards; black embossed and gilt design on front board and spine; corners and spine edges scuffed; all edges gilt; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 319 pages.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 319 numbered pp; HB. ca. 1895. Pages: clean, bright, tight, a.e.g., portrait frontis w/ tissue guard; a few pp have small tears or creases, PO decorative bookplate front ep, offsetting from a laid-in item at pp 318-319. Cover: green, black/gilt ornamentation front/spine, reverse titles to gilt block front, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems… Read more

Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company Reprint Edition, no date. Full textured leather binding with gilt title to front and spine. Spine suned, spine ends rubbed. All page edges gilt. Nice patterned cloth endpapers 327pp. Placed in a clear mylar jacket protector. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

John W. Lovell Co., 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

1850-01-01. Good. Decorative green cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing, tanning. Name of former owner on the front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing.

New York: John W. Lovell Co, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Tan padded leather binding; moderate rubbing along edges. Binding secure but some web showing at title page. Contents clean and unmarked except for owner signature and date of "October 13th, 1885" on FFEP. Floral endpapers. Gilding on three edges. No dust jacket. 319pp. Frontis portrait of Whittier.… Read more

New York: Hurst & Company 351 pages. Beveled edges. Brown boards with embossed flowers and letters in gilt and black. Edges are gilt. Tissue paper has two small stains. Corners and spine ends bumped. Newspaper article laid in.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: H. M. Caldwell. Good+ with no dust jacket. unknown. Hardcover. No DJ; 16 vo. .

NY: Burt. VG. nd (ca 1900). Owner name fep, orig book store label, gilt letter & dec on spine, corners bumped, nice clean copy. .

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co, (no date). First Thus.. Hardcover in white cloth boards w gilt titling & decorations plus color illustration of iris flower and fleurs de lis, no jacket.. VeryGood with purple stamp on ffep ("Sunday Call Prize Winner) else unmarked, cover decorations still fairly bright.. Solid clean tight copy of poetry apparently published in numerous editions… Read more

Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1902. Cover bumped at spine & corners with worn edges, scuffed. Pages browning.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Libris.

New York: Hurst & Comapny Good copy. No Dj. Beige cloth covers with decorative puple flowers and border on front cover and spine. Gilt lettering on spine and gilt upper edge. 565 pages. No writing on pages or boards. Loose binding. Bumping and fraying of head and tail of spine and corners. Soiled covers. Dust soiled page edges. Moderate shelf… Read more

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Smaller book, dark brown smooth cloth, gilt embossed flowers rubbed on front, color-illustration set in front but two large surface wear spots there, and it is also very slightly soiled overall, gilt and red flowers on spine also rubbed, green decorated end papers, 264 lightly browned pages plus 24-pages of notes and a catalog. Near Good.. Cloth.… Read more

Homewood Publishing Co. Smaller book, brown cloth with ornate embossed border and design on center front and spine as well, 327 badly browned pages plus advertisement. Very slight wear to tips, very tiny dent at top back edge and middle of book's long edge. Fair--Reading Copy.. Cloth. Fair.

Worthington Col, 1887. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Good. New York, no publication date stated, c. 1885. Tan cloth covered boards; gold and black illustrations and titles on cover and spine; heavy rub wear at edges, covers and corners; all edges gilt; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; decorative endpapers; gutter gap at title page with webbing exposed; interior clean and unmarked; news… Read more

Good. red boards very tight pointed corners no date but from late 19th c. or early 20th c. wear on boards

Frederick A. Stokes, 1893-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Hinges cracked by binding still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hurst, NY, 1900, 1900. 12 mo., hardcover, burgundy boards, paste-on partially worn off, edgewear to boards, front hinge cracked, minor foxing else good reading copy. Frontis portrait of Whittier. 318 pp. 5 sections with "voice of freedom" poems being the most prolific.. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dj.

New York: James Pott & Co., 1902. Front board is missing, back board is very chipped brown leather. Gilt page edges. Prior owner name and a hole on fep. Text pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is loose and shaky. Reading copy. . Disbound. Poor/No Jacket. Illus. by McCullough, W. A. . 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.… Read more