Poems Written During the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States Between the Years 1830 and 1838
Poems Written During the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States Between the Years 1830 and 1838
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Title: Poems Written During the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States Between the Years 1830 and 1838
Author: Whittier, John G.
Publication: Boston: Published by Isaac Knapp, 1837.
Description: Collection of Whittier's abolitionist poems. First edition, second issue, with two additional poems at end. Frontispiece and in-text illustrations. Bound in publisher's green embossed floral cloth over boards, stamped in gilt. 6.75 x 4.5 inches; x, [7], 18-103, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates. From the collection of Arthur Williams Hall (1873–1952) of Massachusetts, bibliophile and manufacturer of laboratory equipment, with his pencil notes on the front free endpaper; thence by descent through three generations. Binding with moderate spotting, rather toned spine, and front hinge starting; interior with chip to margin of one leaf and infrequent foxing, else generally clean. Good. Stanza 2, line 1 on p. 66 ends in "warnin g," a state not described in BAL. Reference: Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 21705.2. Cover title: Poems by J.G. Whittier.
