The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier (1881)

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge
Year: 1881

A beautifully bound 19th-century edition of The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, featuring his collected verses in a fine Victorian presentation. Bound in deep forest green cloth with intricate gilt titling and ornamentation to the spine and cover, this “Household Edition” embodies both elegance and literary heritage.

Within these pages are Whittier’s beloved poems — from Mogg Megone and Voices of Freedom to Among the Hills — reflecting his moral fervor, abolitionist convictions, and reverence for nature and New England life. The front flyleaf bears a period inscription: “Allie Shepard, A Christmas gift from friends. Spencer, 1880.”

Light rubbing and minor fraying/bumping to spine ends; gilt remains bright. Brown endpapers. Interior binding visible at one section but holding soundly.

Condition: Good++

Size: 4 3/4” x 7 1/2”

A handsome and heartfelt 19th-century volume — a fine representation of Whittier’s enduring voice in American poetry and moral reflection.