The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. Hardcover. Good. 4to. 344 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with red, black and gilt decoration. Cover is quite worn and rubbed - spine and corners are bumped and chipped. Hinges are loosening. Rear flyleaf gone. Prior owner's name on second flyleaf. The corner of page 31 is creased and tearing. Otherwise volume is clean and sound. Illustrated. All edges gilt.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026413
- Title
- The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author
- Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- 1888; John Greenleaf Whittier; Poet; Poetry; Literature; Victorian; Collectible; 19th Century; Fireside Poets; Nature.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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