New Haven: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Minor wear to spine tips and corners, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Still Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Quarto (7-1/8" x 11-3/8") bound in quarter navy blue moire cloth stamped in silver with delicate marbled paper boards in shades of gray and blue. Imaginatively designed by Carl P. Rollins and printed by the Yale University Press. The fourth book of the press. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "257" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016604
Title: SNOW-BOUND. A WINTER IDYL
Author: WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Minor wear to spine tips and corners, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Still Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication: New Haven
Date Published: 1930
Keywords: Signed, Poetry, LEC, 19th Century American Literature
Bookseller catalogs: 19th Century American Literature; John G. Whittier;

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Charles Agvent

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We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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