Bidspirit auction | 1886. Whittier, John Greenleaf. Poems

1886. Whittier, John Greenleaf. Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. New Revised Edition. - This is a single-volume octavo edition of the poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier, published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company at The Riverside Press in 1886. The volume is bound in full tree calf leather featuring a gilt-tooled Greek key border on the covers and five raised bands on the spine. The spine compartments are decorated with gilt floral motifs and contain two leather title labels: a maroon label lettered POETICAL / WORKS / OF / WHITTIER and a blue label lettered ILLUSTRATED. The book features all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, and gilt inner dentelles. The text block is printed with red-line borders around every page. Internal features include a frontispiece portrait of the author with a facsimile signature and wood-engraved illustrations, such as On Malta's Rock and Maud Muller. A handwritten presentation inscription in ink on the front flyleaf reads Miss Hattie French / from / M.W. / Christmas 1887. A maroon silk ribbon marker is present. The book is in very good condition. The tree calf binding shows minor rubbing to the extremities, corners, and spine ends. The leather remains supple and bright. The gilt lettering on the spine labels is legible with slight surface wear. The interior is bright and clean with a tight binding. The all-edges-gilt treatment is mostly intact with minor scratches. The inscription is clear and the ribbon marker is intact.