Antique Leather Book Set | Whittier’s Works | Amesbury Edition, 1892 | 7 Volumes

Bring timeless literary elegance to your library with this beautifully bound 7-volume set of The Complete Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury Edition (1892). Published by Houghton Mifflin and printed at The Riverside Press, this richly decorated collection features half-leather bindings with intricate gilt details and stunning marbled boards and endpapers.

📚 Set Includes:

Volume I: Narrative and Legendary Poems
Volume II: Poems of Nature, Religious Poems, etc.
Volume III: Anti-Slavery Poems, Songs of Labor and Reform
Volume IV: Personal Poems, Tent on the Beach, etc.
Volume V: Margaret Smith’s Journal, Tales and Sketches
Volume VI: Portraits and Sketches, Historical Papers
Volume VII: Slavery, Reform and Politics, The Inner Life

🕰️ Edition: Amesbury Edition, 1892
🏛️ Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / The Riverside Press
📏 Size: Each volume approx. 7.75" tall, taking up 8" of shelf space as a set
✨ Features:

Gilt top edges and deckled page edges
Marbled paper sides with leather corners and spine
Gold-stamped spine panels with elegant geometric motifs

📸 Condition Notes: Rubbing and edge wear consistent with age; corners are gently bumped; spines and bindings are strong. Some volumes show flaking to the leather on spines (see photos).

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Perfect for:
• Traditional home libraries
• Heritage office decor
• Dark academia styling
• Collectors of American poets or 19th-century bindings