John Greenleaf Whittier

The Poetical Work of John Greenleaf Whittier

Houghton Mifflin and Company, (1886). 1986, Household Edition, fully illustrated. Leather.

There is a note by the author to the edition of 1857 "In these volumes, for the first time, a complete collection of my poetical writings has been made While it is satisfactory to know that these scattered children of my brain have found a home, I cannot but regret that I have been unable, by reason of illness, to give that attention to their revision and arrangements, which respect for the opinions of others and my own afterthought and experience demand That there are pieces in this collection which I would "willingly let die," I am free to confess "

. 1886, Household Edition, fully illustrated. Full leather gilt, all page ends finished in dark maroon marbling with design edging. Item #biblio459

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