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LEAVES OF GRASS. Including Sands At Seventy ... 1st Annex, Good Bye My Fancy ... 2nd Annex, A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads, and Portrait from Life
by WHITMAN, Walt
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Paper split at front gutter with cover a little loose. Two small portrait reproductions tipped in with one offsetting to the tex
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891-92. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Paper split at front gutter with cover a little loose. Two small portrait reproductions tipped in with one offsetting to the text opposite. Trivial wear to the binding. Near Fine. Original green cloth, uncut, top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Whitman, another portrait of Whitman inserted at page 29, and four folding facsimiles of Whitman's writing. BAL 21441: Printing 1, Binding C. "Deathbed" Edition, Whitman's final arrangement of his work. This copy SIGNED on the title page by Pennsylvania ornithological artist Conrad Roland with his pencil notes in "A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads" as well as a full-page of pencil notes at the rear about Whitman. In addition tipped in before the title page is a fine ORIGINAL ink and sepia watercolor drawing of Whitman by Roland.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019337
- Title
- LEAVES OF GRASS. Including Sands At Seventy ... 1st Annex, Good Bye My Fancy ... 2nd Annex, A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads, and Portrait from Life
- Author
- WHITMAN, Walt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Paper split at front gutter with cover a little loose. Two small portrait reproductions tipped in with one offsetting to the tex
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth Edition
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1891-92
- Keywords
- 19th Century American Literature, Walt Whitman, Signed, Conrad Roland
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; 19th Century Literature; Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Tipped In
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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