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Leaves of Grass, Two Rivulets
de Whitman, Walt
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very good
- Librería
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Camden NJ: Whitman, 1876. First Editions. Hardcover. Very good. Signed copies of this "author's editions being the fifth edition, third printing, second issue of Leaves of Grass of which around 800 and 600 copies respectively were printed; the title page signed by Whitman with Two Rivulets first edition, first issue with blank leaf between "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free and "Memoranda During the War" and ad leaf for Whitman's books between the last two blanks in the book; signed by Whitman on the frontispiece as he did when he sold the books. Both bound in the original marbled boards and half cream calf, spines handsomely rebacked sympathetically. "Leaves" has considerable pencilling (light lines/no words) in the center of the book about 20 pages. Very good set with the original yellow endpapers. Whitman suffered a stroke in 1873 and by 1876 was living with relatives. He published this set to earn his independence if possible as he wrote to his champion in England the critic Robert Buchanan in a letter May 16, 1876 "I shall .....continue to be my own publisher & bookseller....the set $10"
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Detalles
- Librería
- Old New York Book Shop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 49046
- Título
- Leaves of Grass, Two Rivulets
- Autor
- Whitman, Walt
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Editions
- Editorial
- Whitman
- Lugar de publicación
- Camden NJ
- Fecha de publicación
- 1876
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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Sobre el vendedor
Old New York Book Shop
Miembro de Biblio desde 2017
Atlanta, Georgia
Sobre Old New York Book Shop
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled boards
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
