INVENTORY #158592
Leaves of Grass: Including a Fac-simile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a department of Gathered Leaves
WHITMAN, Walt
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$150.00 CAD
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Tucked inside is a postcard from Whitman's homestead, 4 p. section from The Canadian Theosophist (Feb. 15, 1955) featuring Whitman, a few other Whitman clippings. Postcard dated May 1967 is from John L. Davenport (Jack), the U. of Toronto alumnus who directed the cancer research labs of Pfizer; it's written to Dudley Barr, theosophist, and editor for almost 20 years of The Canadian Theosophist.
Publication Info
- Publisher: David McKay
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1900
- Place Published: Philadelphia
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Fair
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
567 p. 21 cm. B&w frontispiece portrait with facsimile inscription to the publisher. 3 facsimile pages (2 folding) show handwritten autobiography. 4 other portraits, one with facsimile note. Green cloth hardcover. Corners bumped, tears in spine ends, some spots to cloth. Front hinge cracking internally. Rear board tender. First leaves, up to Preface, are loosening. Pages 156-157 darkened. Some marks and stains. Obviously well read.