Leaves of Grass, Including Sands of Seventy, Goodbye My Fancy, Old Age Echoes, and a Backward Glance, O'er Travel'd Roads by Whitman, Walt - 1910

Aventine Press. Hardcover. B00085582C Just barely Very Good. (mild wear, gift inscription, 2 pages darkened). . Very Good.

Aventine Press, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Aventine Press, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedGood. 1931 hardcover ed. NO DJ! Worn/scuffed board edges/bind w/ sun fading! Text is mostly clean & readable.

New York: Aventine Press / Department of Limited Editions of J.J. Little and Ives Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Boards a bit soiled, bookplate of Mary Weld on front endpaper, front and end matter lightly foxed. 1931 Hard Cover. 580 pp. 8vo. A complete edition of Leaves of Grass, and the second volume of the Aventine Classics series. Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War in addition to publishing his… Read More

9.75" x 6.75" x 2", 580 pages. Some damage to front hinge, not completely separated. Some smudges to text. Spine is secure, slight bumping and wear to edges and corners of cover. Leaves of Grass: Including - Sands at Seventy - First Annex - Good-by My Fancy - Second Annex - A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads and Portrait From Life.  Note in comments claims this to be the complete version. Printed and bound by The Department of Limited Editions of J.J. Little and Ives Company. Our book number 46040.

New York: Aventine Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 580 [3]pp. Brown cloth boards with brown titles. Owner's bookplate and signature, with foxing and age-toning on the pages, very good lacking the dustwrapper. Poetry.

New York: Aventine Press; J. J. LITTLE IVES COMPANY. Very Good. 1931 verso. DEPARTMANT OF LIMITED EDITIONS"; Hardcover. HARDCOVER. 6x9"thick. VERY GOOD Condition clean solid bright Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages.; Gold spine titles on gold decorated black spine strip... NICE GREY Cloth Hard Covers.. ...Last page publisher's note states this is "Second volume in Aventine Classics (series( Designed, Printed, Bound LIMITED EDITIONS of J. J. Little & Ives Company. "This is a reprint of the 1891-1892 edition, Without any alterations in text. "Prefer & recommend complete for future printings "...by author wishes.; 586ps heavy pages; Following Edition of 1891-'2. INCLUDES CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY; THEN LAST OF ALL; PROUDLY THE FLOOD COMES IN; APPARITIONS includes PORTRAIT FROM LIFE.. ***A HEAVY BOOK & WILL BE WELL PROTECTED IN ITS TRAVELS TO ARRIVE IN NICE CONDITION*** .

New York: Aventine Press, 1931. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, royal octavo bound in reddish cloth lettered in gold on spine, lacking dust-jacket. 580 pages. Index of titles. First edition thus, the second volume in the Aventine Classics series, printed and bound by the Department of Limited Editions of J.J. Little and Ives Company. No previous ownership marks. Small, old Boston booksellers label on lower front end-paper. A tight, sound, unmarked copy with no writing, underlining or highlighting to text. Cloth covers show minimal wear from age at tips and spine ends. Very good. .

New York: Aventine Press, 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, royal octavo bound in grayish blue cloth and lettered in gold on spine against green backgrounds. 580 pages. Contents [title index] at rear. First edition thus, no additional printings listed. The second volume of the Aventine Classics series. No underlining, highlighting or marginalia to text. Mild toning to page margins as per usual, else a tight ,clean and unmarked copy. Dust-jacket worn and chipped but essentially complete. Very good in a fair dust-jacket. .