The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier.
by [HARTE, Bret] WHITTIER, John Greenleaf. ROSSETTI, William Michael (ed.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Front hinge cracked but sound; spine a little darkened with light use to cloth.
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
London:: Ward. Lock, & Co.,, [pub. cat dated 1882].. Complete Illustrated Edition.. publisher's red cloth stamped in gold and black, a.e.g., in custom quarter morocco slipcase.. Front hinge cracked but sound; spine a little darkened with light use to cloth.. 8vo,. With Critical Biography by William Michael Rossetti. Inscribed by Bret Harte for "Madame Van de Velde" in December, 1884. Later the property of James Mansfield Cleary (executive with the Chicago Tribune), with his bookplate. Tipped in is a 4-page letter from editor W. M. Rossetti to fellow critic T. Watts Dunston regarding Trelawney, 1882. Moxon's Popular Poets.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52652
- Title
- The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier.
- Author
- [HARTE, Bret] WHITTIER, John Greenleaf. ROSSETTI, William Michael (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's red cloth stamped in gold and black, a.e.g., in custom quarter morocco slipcase.
- Book Condition
- Used - Front hinge cracked but sound; spine a little darkened with light use to cloth.
- Edition
- Complete Illustrated Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward. Lock, & Co.,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- [pub. cat dated 1882].
- Pages
- xix, 452 [8, ads] pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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