WRITTEN FOR THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF EDWARD AND This is ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND LEAST KNOWN OF WHITTIER'S POEMS. It is not to be found in any printed collection of Whitttier's writings, the poet probably not caring to reprint it on account of its personal character, and the publishers and editors of his posthumous collected editions not knowing of it because of its great rarity. Until a very recent date this poem was wholly unknown to Whittier collectors and bibliographers. One or two copies may possibly still exist in the possession of members of the Gove family in Massachusetts, but these copies will undoubtedly never come upon the market because of the association interest of the poem and the sentiment connected with it. THIS WAS WHITTIER'S PERSONAL COPY, AND CONTAINS ON PAGE 4, IN THE SIXTEENTH STANZA A CORRECTION IN HIS AUTOGRAPH. PURCHASED AT THE SALE OF WHITTIER'S LIBRARY IN 1903. [See Reproduction.] 2223. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Child Life: a Collection of Poems, edited by J. G. Whittier. FIRST EDITION. Illustr. 12mo, cloth, gilt edges. Bost. 1872 Whittier was assisted in the compilation of the above volume by Lucy Larcom. 2224. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). The Atlantic Almanac for 1874. Illustr. 4to, original wrappers. Bost. [1873] Contains the poems "Amy Wentworth" by Whittier, "The Spanish Jew's Tale" and "Azrael" by Longfellow. 2225. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Idyls of Strawberry Bank, by D. A. Drown (with letter by Whittier), 1873; Songs of three Centuries, edited by Whittier, 1876; The Vision of Echard, by Whittier, 1878. 3 vols. 12mo, cloth. 1873-78 "Sumner," A Privately Printed Poem, With Whittier's Corrections and Additions. Sumner. 2226. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Original Poem of 49 stanzas of 4 lines each. With printed signature. Composed for the Services in Commemoration of Charles Sumner, at Music Hall (Boston, Mass.), Tuesday, June 9, 1874. Printed on 8 small 4to sheets, without printer's name or place of publication. The Poem is tied with white silk, and laid in full red crushed levant morocco covers, with a copy of the Original Programme, and blank paper cut to size. to represent a book. (Bost. 1874) OF EXTREME RARITY, NO COPY OF THE POEM BEING IN MR. WHITTIER'S OWN COLLECTION THAT WAS SOLD BY THIS COMPANY IN 1903. LACKING ALSO IN THE ARNOLD and FOOTE collections of American authors dispersed within recent years. THE SPECIAL INTEREST THAT THIS COPY POSSESSES LIES IN THE FACT THAT IT IS IN ALL PROBABILITY THE COPY THAT THE POET HANDED TO PROF. CHURCHILL [who read it at the Serv ices], AND CONTAINS WHITTIER'S ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS IN HIS AUTOGRAPH. The stanza on page 2 commencing "What hath been said, I can but say," has been crossed out in ink, and on the lower margins WHITTIER HAS WRITTEN TWO OTHER STANZAS commencing "Lifted like Gaul's above the crowd Upon his kingly forehead fell The first sharp bolt of slavery's cloud Launched at the truth he urged so well." also on page 3 WHITTIER HAS DELETED A COMMA; on page 6 2227. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). "The Prayer of Agassiz." a Poem by J. G. Whittier, and "Agassiz," a Sonnet by T. W. Parsons. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, stitched, as issued. Cambridge, 1874 2228. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). A Memorial of Charles Sumner. Portr. Roy. 8vo, cloth. Bost. 1874 Contains the poem "Summer" by Whittier. Laid in is the original invitation letter to attend the memorial serv ices. 2229. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Hazel-Blossoms. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece. 12mo, three-quarter crushed levant morocco, gilt top. Bost. 1875 2230. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Souvenir of Lexington, 1775-1875. Illustrated. Roy. 8vo, original wrappers. Bost. 1875 Contains the hymn "Lexington, 1775," by Whittier. VERY FINE COPY. 2231. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lexington, Apr. 19, 1875 (with the hymn "Lexington" by Whittier), illustr., 1875; Dedication of the Washington National Monument (with a letter by Whittier), 1885; The Washington Centenary (with a poem by Whittier), illustr., 1889. 3 pieces, paper. Bost. 1875-89 2232. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Dedication of the Haverhill Public Library, Nov. 11, 1875 (with the poem "Let there be Light, God spake of Old," and a letter by Whittier), 1876; Reunion of the Free Soilers of 1848, Aug. 9, 1877 (with the poem "Paean, 1848." a statement and a telegram by Whittier), 1877. 2 pieces, 8vo, original wrappers. Bost., etc. 1876-77 2233. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). A Memorial of Fitz-Greene Halleck. Portrait and illustration. Roy. 8vo, original wrappers. N. Y.: Privately printed, 1877 Presentation copy with autograph inscription, from Jas. Grant Wilson, member of the Committee, to Frank Moore. Inserted is the original programme of the inauguration. 2234. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Indian Civilization: a Lecture by Stanley Pumphrey of England. With INTRODUCTION BY J. G. WHITTIER. Large folding map. 8vo, original wrappers. Phil. 1877 With Autograph Letter Containing Original Poem. 2235. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Tributes to William Lloyd Garrison, at the Funeral Services, May 28, 1879. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. Bost. 1879 Contains the poems "Garrison" by Whittier and "The Day of Small Things" by Lowell. Inserted is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Whittier, dated Danvers, May 25, 1879, referring to Garrison's Death, and with the following verse of four lines: "Like clouds that rake the mountain summit, Like waves that know no guiding hand, So swift here brother follows brother With Interesting Autograph Letter Inserted. 2236. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). The King's Missive, and other Poems. FIRST EDITION. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. Bost. 1881 Inserted is an interesting autograph letter signed by Whittier, dated Knoll, Nov. 22, 1879. "... My last note was dated on one of those days which belong to the 'Summer of All Saints,' or 'St. Martin's Summer, as the fiends call it. I have sent to Howells a poem written on one of these days of rare beauty, which I hope does some justice to it. I am glad thy book is nearly ready, and shall look for it with interest. . . . How charming Longfellow's poem on the gift of a pen in the last Harper's Magazine is. There is a charm of an inimitable grace about it. And now Dr. Holmes is to be 'breakfasted' at the Brunswick on the 3d of next month. I would like to be there, but I fear I may not be able. He deserves all honor, and besides is a dear, old personal friend. Presentation Copy From the Author. 2237. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). The King's Missive, and other Poems. FIRST EDITION. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. Bost. 1881 PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION SIGNED IN FULL: "To Harriet Converse from her friend John G. Whittier, Oak Knoll, 4th month 22, 1884." 2238. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 3 pp. 8vo, Oak Knoll, 4mo, 23, 1881. "To-day opens soft and warm.. A sense of gratitude fills my head that I have been permitted to see another Spring. I wonder whether I have made good use of the year that is past, whether I am in any sense better for it. I am afraid not," etc. (To Charlotte F. Bates.) 2239. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 2 pp. 8vo, Danvers, 6mo, 22, 1885. "Our folks ("The Atlantic"?) tell me that they are invited to join the welcome to Lowell. I find an invitation awaiting me and, as they say all contributions must reach them to-day I have written some hurried lines." 2240. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1 p. 8vo, Amesbury. 9, 4mo, 1890. On publishing a selection of his poems. 2241. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Acts of the Anti-Slavery Apostles. By Parker Pillsbury. 12mo, cloth. Concord. 1883 Contains Whittier's poem "On the Sentence of John L. Brown." With Autograph Letter Regarding the Volume. 2242. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). The Bay of Seven Islands, and other Poems. FIRST EDITION. cloth. Portr. 12mo, Bost. 1883 Inserted is an interesting autograph letter signed to Charlotte Fiske Bates, referring to the above book, dated Danvers, February 16, 1882. “. . . I did not have an opportunity to consult Houghton in regard to a compilation from my poems. When I do I will make thy editorship a positive condition.". . . From the library of C. B. Foote, with bookplate. 2243. [WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF).] John Greenleaf Whittier: his Life, Genius and Writings. By W. S. Kennedy. FIRST EDITION. Portr. 12mo, cloth. Bost. 1883 Inserted is an autograph letter signed by Whittier J. R. Osgood, dated Jan. 19, 1878. 2244. [WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF).] From Greenland's Icy Mountains, by Reginald Heber. Sq. 12mo, cloth. 20 illustrs. Phil. [1884] Presentation copy from the students of the Shalersville High School to "John G. Whittier, America's Greatest Poet," with 25 names attached. FROM THE LIBRARY OF WHITTIER. sold in these rooms in January, 1903, with label having the autograph signature of Samuel T. Pickard, Whittier's literary executor. With Autograph Letter of Special Interest. 2245. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Nauhaught the Deacon. Illustrs. by Mrs. Gara and facsimile letter of Whittier to her. Small 4to, cloth. [N. Y. 1886] First separate edition with slight changes in punctua tion. Inserted is an interesting autograph letter signed by Whittier, dated Oak Knoll, March 18, 1885: When I saw the little epistle to editor of the Literary World I feared it would be the source of some trouble to thee. Mr. Abbott should not have published it. It gave an opportunity for mischief and misunderstanding. . . . 1 made when I was beginning authorship a somewhat similar mistake. My verses were not salable, and I was unjustly, as I thought, criticised in the papers; and in a desperate mood, while writing to John Neal, Editor of the Portland Yankee, I made complaints of non-recognition, etc. It was a private letter, but it eventually got into print, much to my mortification. 2246. [WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF).] New Castle. Historic and Picturesque, by John Albee. Illustrs. 12mo, cloth. Bost. 1885 From the Library of Whittier, sold in these rooms, Jan., 1903, with certification signed by S. T. Pickard, Whittier's Literary Executor: Saint Greg 2247. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). ory's Guest and recent Poems. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original wrappers, uncut. Bost. 1886 2248. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Memoir of William Henry Channing. [Contains an original Letter by Whittier.] By O. B. Frothingham. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. Bost. 1886 From the Arnold collection. 2249. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). Inauguration of the Statue of Liberty enlightening the World, by the President of the U. S., on Bedloe's Island, N. Y., October 28, 1886. Engraved facsimile of invitation card. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1887 Contains the original appearance of the poem "The Bartholdi Statue," by Whittier. 2250. WHITTIER, LOWELL and others. Gilder (J. L. and J. B.). Authors at Home; Personal and Biographical Sketches of well-known American Writers. Royal 4to, wrappers uncut. FIRST EDITION. Whittier, Lowell, Aldrich and many others. LARGE paper COPY, ONLY 100 PRINTED. 2251. WHITTIER (JOHN GREENLEAF). At Sundown. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original cloth, gilt top. VERY RARE. Cambridge: Privately printed, 1890 ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED BY THE AUTHOR, FOR CIRCULATION AMONG HIS FRIENDS, WITH PRESENTATION SLIP "From J. G. Whittier." The ordinary issue was not printed until two years later, and contained additional poems. From the library of E. H. Bierstadt, with book-plate. |