Author: Whittier, John Greenleaf.
Title: The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier.
Description: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. Brown morocco; boards and spines stamped in dark brown; gilt-lettered spines; gilt-tooled board edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Bound by William Matthews, with his name stamped on verso of front free endpaper. Maser, Bookbinding in America 1680-1910. From the collection of Frederick E. Maser 53b. William Matthews (1822-1896) was one of several Scottish binders who maintained the standards of excellence in hand binding during the rise of commerical machine binding. Good.

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