Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl / John Greenleaf Whittier
Book
65 pages. Illustrations.
Compare to the similar binding of Whittier's "Mabel Martin," which at first glance appears to be a uniform binding, but is actually by a different publisher and is a close design match, but not identical, a common publishing practice in the 1870s and 1880s.
2015.7.55
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1870s
8-1/2 in
6 in
John Greenleaf Whittier
Boston
Massachusetts
United States
North America
1867
circa 1870
Publisher's Binding- Victorian
Bound in bright blue colored cloth black stamped double crossed lines surrounding a central gilt-stamped square containing the title and vertical sheafs of grains, ice-covered twigs, and pinecones. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Gilt titles to spine.
Compare to Whittier, "Mabel Martin" (2015.7.66)