john whittier editor (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Missing. Green cloth covered boards with gold titles; edges and covers worn and rubbed, with boards exposed at corners and spine ends torn and frayed; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Gutters broken; pages toning; no internal markings; 352 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. First edition. Good. Book plate. Inside spine is cracked. Spineneds very worn. Board edges rubbed and worn. Corners are bumped. Pages are somewhat browned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. Clean green cloth decorated with gilt. (xxviii, 352pp). Interior of text is tight, clean and intact. Blank front and rear endpapers have a small damp stain, all other pages are clean. Poetry. Music; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 352 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Very Good in brown boards with gilt titles.some wear to spine ends.Frontispiece portrait of Curran. Gift inscription from a G.A. Clark on second endpaper.2nd Edition. Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Undated but circa 1900. 154pp, monochrome frontispiece. A deluxe edition bound in full cushioned waxed emerald cloth with gilt lettering, all edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles around golden decorated green endpapers, title page printed in red and black. Attractive head and tail pieces. 12mo. Cloth is a little worn at edges, rubbed through at corners and at ends of a sunned spine, a couple of scuffs on front panel. Hinges cracked, not affecting binding. A little browning on versos of free endpapers, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A lovely vintage copy, would make super gift for an admirer of Whittier's poetry.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A smartly bound copy of the Oxford Complete Edition of John Greenleaf Whittier's poetry. Oxford Complete Edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier, an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. With notes, an index of first lines, and a chronological list. Edited by William Garrett Horder, an English writer and editor. Bound in half calf with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing and discolouration to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. book.

Vellum. Zustand: Near Fine. None (illustrator). A smartly bound complete edition of this collection of poetry from American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Complete edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier, an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. With notes, index of first lines, and a chronological list. Edited by William Garrett Horder, a British clergyman and scholar. In the original half vellum binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light discolouration as is typical with ageing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. book.

26" x 18", folded in half horizontally. G. Bailey, Jr., Editor and Proprietor; John G. Whittier, Corresponding Editor. This abolitionist newspaper was edited by Gameliel Bailey, the editor of the earlier Cincinnati abolitionist paper, The Philanthropist. Influential in part for its persuasive emotional writing from the noted abolitionist John G. Whittier and others, as well as publishing the first serialized Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1851. ~~These issues contain interesting articles describing a kidnapping written by a former slave in Virginia named C.M. Howard, ads for Free Labor Produce, excerpts from Margaret Smith's diary, free soil movements in different states, election coverage, poetry written by the formerly enslaved, an entire speech to Congress by James K. Polk, efforts to deport freedman from slave states, and the question of slavery in new territories. Other content include typical business notices, classifieds, international news, etc. ~~Issues are from October 12, 1848, 8 weekly issues from November 9, 1848 December 28, 1848, and February 10 and 17th, 1853. The 1853 issues are each 2pp only. The last issue is backed with a stiff reinforcement page but the binding is lost; the November 16, 1848 issue has an article cut out of the back page; November 30 has a classified cut out. All other issues are in similar good condition with wear to binding, edges and folds; some discoloration or minor tears. 3 issues contain annotations at the top, "Westin Citizen Chicago".