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WHITTIER, John Greenleaf (1807–1892). Snow–Bound: A Winter Idyl. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece inserted, title vignette, historiated head–piece, decorative initial. Original publisher’s terra–cotta cloth lettered in gilt (few tiny marginal stains); morocco edged slipcase. Provenance: John Stuart Groves, bookplate of a 20th century book collector. FIRST EDITION of Whittier’s most famous work. FIRST STATE with p. 52 numbered at foot, later dropped in the second state. BAL 21862.