first edition Full leather
1881 · London
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
London: Robert Riviere & Son, 1881. Privately Printed. Full leather. Fine. Bound by Riviere and Sons of London, a private printing of The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, published ca. 1881.. Twelvemo, x, 253pp. Full blue morocco, gilt trim to edges. Five raised bands, title in gilt over red morocco on spine. All edges gilt, with gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Binder's imprint to verso of front endpaper: "Bound by Riviere and Son, London." No printings listed, final poem appeared in 1881. Solid text block, a fine copy.
(Inventory #: 16609)