National Lyrics

  • Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865
By WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First Edition. Blanck's first printing, with 1865 date on cover and ads for "Enoch Arden" inside rear wrapper. Edition of 6800 copies (not all in wrappers). 12mo. Original sewn, engraved wrappers; 104pp; illus. Old amateur spine repair; mild wear to wrapper edges; occasional mild soil and staining within. A sound, good or better copy, retaining the original wrappers.

Issued in the publisher's series "Companion Poets for the People." Five other titles in the series are listed on inside front wrapper (Longfellow, Tennyson, Browning, Holmes, and Stowe). Poems on national themes, all but two of which had appeared in earlier collections. Includes numerous works inspired by abolition and the Civil War. BAL 21857.

MORE FROM THIS SELLER

Lorne Bair Rare Books

Specializing in The history, literature, and art of American social movements, including Civil Rights, Feminism, Labor History, Radical Politics, and Counterculture.