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Poems Written During the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States Between the Years 1830 and 1838
by Whittier, John G. [Greenleaf]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1837. First edition, second state. Series of abolitionist poems by Whittier, with titles such as The Slave Ships; The Yankee Girl; The Prisoner for Debt; The Vaudois Teacher; Plead for the Slave; Songs of the Free; etc., with a frontis engraving, two back to back engravings after the contents page and several small engravings throughout the text. Title page preceded by a two-page poem by Cowper, The Morning Dream. Brown textured cloth with gilt front cover lettering, x, [7], 18-103p. Spine heavily chipped, covers worn, covers attached by binders' cords, no endpapers, pages good with a short closed tear to the top of one blank page, light to moderate foxing throughout. gift notation on pencil with another name beneath: Christopher A. Greene to Marron L. McClellan; Glen A. McClellan, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047112
- Title
- Poems Written During the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States Between the Years 1830 and 1838
- Author
- Whittier, John G. [Greenleaf]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Isaac Knapp
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- SLAVERY ABOLITIONISM POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography; Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Gilt
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- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 12mo
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