1883 JOHN G WHITTIER Poetry POEMS Book VICTORIAN Fine Binding DECORATIVE Slavery

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The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. Household Edition.Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1883.Rare and attractive Victorian book, being a stunningly bound 8vo prose/poetry collection by Americana poet John Greenleaf Whittier, best known for his abolitionist material. Includes a portrait frontis. Highly decorative Victorian spine and boards with gilt designs and titling, bright and clean with minor wear, the gilt still shining. Binding intact although a few leaves are shaken. Remains a striking shelf presence.