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WHITTIER, John Greenleaf (1807-1892). Legends of New-England. Hartford: by Hanmer and Phelps, 1831.

First edition of Whittier's collection of supernatural tales, corrected issue, in original boards. With BAL's state C of p. iv and state B of the text. Whittier's first poetry book is an important entry in the tradition of American horror, drawing from New England's history and landscape to unsettle and disquiet. BAL 21671.

12mo (187 x 110mm). Original boards with orange printed label, top edge untrimmed (a few areas of loss on the spine reinforced, a few chips to label); modern cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. With: Whittier's signature on card, laid in.
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