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Song of the Open Road - Signed by Aaron Siskind
by Walt Whitman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club. Near Fine. 1990. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Song of the Open Road" is a poem by Walt Whitman and from his 1856 collection 'Leaves of Grass". This book being #174 of an edition of 550 copies. The book was set in English Monotype Scotch at Golgonooza Letter Foundry by Julia Ferrari and Dan Carr. Text printed by Heritage Printers on paper made at Carterie Enrico Magnani. Photographs by Aaron Siskind who also signed the book. Photogravure plates made by Paul Taylor and printed them with Clary Nelson at Renaissance Press on Richard de Bas paper. The book is NF with only some fading on the spine. The slipcase is VG with some fraying and sunning on the spine. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Illustrator .
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- Bookseller
- Rare Collections
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1031
- Title
- Song of the Open Road - Signed by Aaron Siskind
- Author
- Walt Whitman
- Illustrator
- Aaron Siskind
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
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