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THE WOUND DRESSER. A SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN FROM THE HOSPITALS IN WASHINGTON DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
by WHITMAN, Walt
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Largely unopened; slight paper split to front hinge but covers very tight and firm; offsetting from newspaper clipping between t
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Largely unopened; slight paper split to front hinge but covers very tight and firm; offsetting from newspaper clipping between two initial blanks. Fine copy. Original gilt-lettered red cloth. Edited with a preface by Richard Maurice Bucke, one of Whitman's literary executors. BAL 21448: Issue 2; Meyerson A15.1.a. Illustrated with a portrait of Whitman from a photograph by Gardner. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by another of Whitman's literary executors, Thomas B. Harned, on 20 February 1898 to renowned author Mary Mapes Dodge, the recognized leader in juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century. For more than 30 years Dodge edited ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE, the primary magazine for children at the time. She also wrote the classic HANS BRINKER, OR THE SILVER SKATES. Below Harned's inscription in an unknown hand is written the following quote from "George Fox (and Shakspere)" in NOVEMBER BOUGHS: "I say whoever labors here, makes contributions here, or best of all sets an incarnated example here, of life or death, is dearest to humanityremains after the rest are gone."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019352
- Title
- THE WOUND DRESSER. A SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN FROM THE HOSPITALS IN WASHINGTON DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
- Author
- WHITMAN, Walt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Largely unopened; slight paper split to front hinge but covers very tight and firm; offsetting from newspaper clipping between t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Small, Maynard & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Signed, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Inscribed, Children's Literature, Mary Mapes Dodge, Civil War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Inscribed; 19th Century American Literature; 19th Century Literature;
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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