Whittier, John Greenleaf. At Sundown. Privately Printed, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1890.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: One of 277 copies printed. Original green cloth, gilt, a near-fine copy, with the publisher's slip bearing a facsimile autograph. Inscribed by Whittier to his close friend, the abolitionist Henry I. Bowditch, "after 'Le's' death,' signed with initials and dated Dec. 1890. BAL 22137.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
WHITTIER, John Greenleaf. AT SUNDOWN. Privately Printed: The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1890.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Publisher's olive cloth. BAL 22137: 277 copies printed. As with many copies this has the slip of paper tipped in at the front with Whittier's facsimile signature and presentation, but in addition this copy is INSCRIBED but not signed by Whittier at the top of the front blank: "To my dear friends/Caroline A. Bulla,/and Mary W. Bulla." Housed in a green cloth chemise lettered in gilt "First Edition/Douglas Young Jr. Collection" and a green morocco-backed cloth slipcase with four raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine. A couple of pages with offsetting from previously laid in news clippings. Near Fine in a Fine chemise and close to Fine slipcase with a sunned spine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.