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The Property of a Gentleman

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF | A Group of Nine First Editions

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June 21, 05:13 PM GMT

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1,500 - 2,500 USD

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The Property of a Gentleman

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF

A Group of Nine First Editions


Lays of My Home. Boston: William D. Ticknor, 1843. 12mo (4 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.; 114 x 175 mm). Publisher's advertisements as end; one or two stray spots, minor offsetting. Original glazed yellow boards (binding A), printed paper label to spine; some rubbing and chipping to boards, upper joint weak. First edition. BAL 21727 — The Stranger in Lowell. Boston: Waite, Peirce and Company, 1845. 8vo (4 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.; 120 x 200 mm). Half-title; foxed. Original brown printed wrappers, publisher's advertisements printed on lower wrapper; some toning and soiling to wrappers, spine chipped, lacking endleaves. First edition, scarce in original wrappers — The Supernaturalism of New England. New York and London: Wiley and Putnam, 1847. 8vo (5 x 7 1/2 in.; 128 x 190 mm). Series title; one or two stray spots. Original buff printed wrappers, publisher's advertisements on lower wrapper; minor toning and soiling, chips to spine. In custom green cloth covered slipcase and folding chemise. First edition — Songs of Labor. and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. 8vo (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 112 x 180 mm). One or two stray spots. Original brown cloth, covers with multiple gilt rules and elaborate corner- and centerpieces stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered; minor rubbing to head and tail of spine, small stain to upper cover. First edition, one of 1,000 copies. BAL 21771 — The Chapel of the Hermits, and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1853. 8vo (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 112 x 180 mm). Publisher's advertisements at end. Original brown cloth, covers with multiple gilt rules and elaborate corner- and centerpieces stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered; minor rubbing to head and tail of spine. First edition, one of 1,500 copies. BAL 21780 — The Panorama. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. 8vo (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 112 x 180 mm). Original brown cloth, covers with multiple gilt rules and elaborate corner- and centerpieces stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered; spine just sunned. First edition. BAL 21792 — Home Ballads and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. 8vo (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 112 x 180 mm). Publisher's advertisements at end; a few stray spots. Original brown cloth, covers with multiple gilt rules and elaborate corner- and centerpieces stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers; edges foxed. First edition. BAL 21819 — Snow–Bound. A Winter Idyl. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 in.; 115 x 180 mm). Half-title, frontispiece portrait, title-page vignette. Original green cloth, overs ruled in blind, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers; first edition, first issue, one of 3,390 copies. BAL 21862 — In War Time and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 in.; 115 x 178 mm). Decorative headpieces, publisher's advertisements at end (earliest state); minor toning. Full green textured cloth (binding A), covers decoratively ruled and stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers, upper edge gilt. First edition, first printing. BAL 21846 


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