SNOW-BOUND, A WINTER IDYL
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Whittier, John Greenleaf. SNOW-BOUND, A WINTER IDYL. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. First edition, first issue with page 52 numbered. Original green cloth, gilt, with a card autographed by Whittier in his usual purple ink tipped in. Faint dampmark along top edge of front cover, else a lovely copy with few signs of rubbing, the text tight and clean. The genuine first issue of this book is so rare that it attracted forgers as early as the 1920s; the second issue is fairly common. The later editions (marked with "thousand" statements) are frequently misrepresented as first editions. This nostalgic poem shares a distinction with only five other American works of being on both the Grolier English Hundred (100) and Grolier American Hundred (73). BAL 21862.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mac Donnell Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20336
- Title
- SNOW-BOUND, A WINTER IDYL
- Author
- Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- GREATBOOK , GROLIER-A , GROLIER-E , SIGNED , AUTOGRAPH
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mac Donnell Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Austin, Texas
About Mac Donnell Rare Books
The owner of Mac Donnell Rare Books is a former rare book librarian and widely published bibliographer with more than 40 years experience in rare books. We maintain a fine rare book inventory of 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions, association copies, and autographs, with a specialty in Mark Twain. We also offer qualified tax and insurance appraisals, and library development consultation.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.