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Leaves of Grass: The Deathbed Edition

By: Whitman, Walt

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club: 1992

Seller ID: 2300238

ISBN: 0965231267

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book club edition of Deathbed Edition. 1992 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [1], 427, [7] pp. Comprising all the poems written by Walt Whitman following the arrangement of the edition of 1891-'92. 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, ...
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Walt Whitman's Memoranda During the War

By: Whitman, Walt

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 2006

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 2300995

ISBN: 0195307186

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

1st printing. An exceptional copy. 2006 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. Memoranda During the War is Whitman's testament to the anguish, heroism, and terror of the Civil War. The book consists of journal entries extending from Whitman's arrival on the front in 1862 through to the war's conclusion in 1865. Whitman details his encounters with soldiers and doctors, meditates on particular battles and on the meanings of the war for the nation, and recounts his wordless though peculiarly intimate public exchanges with President Lincoln, a man Whitman saw often on the s...
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Leaves of Grass

By: Whitman, Walt

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Aventine Press: 1931

Seller ID: 2288493

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

No jacket. Two-inch tear along spine and front board hinge, spine and front board lightly toned, board edges lightly rubbed, ink name on front endpaper, newspaper clipping laid in. 1931 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 580 pp. Deckled edge. Including Sands at Seventy, First Annex, Good-By My Fancy, Second Annex, A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads, and a Portrait from Life. Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Although the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re...
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Memories of President Lincoln and Other Lyrics of the War

By: Whitman, Walt

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Thomas B. Mosher: 1912

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 2294759

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. One of 950 copies printed on Van Gelder handmade paper. Front joint starting. 1912 Small Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xi, 42 pp. Contains the four poems that became Memories of President Lincoln when they were reprinted together in the 1881 edition of Leaves of Grass. O Captain! My Captain! was published seven months after Lincoln's assassination and was Whitman's tribute to the president he greatly admired. This collection also includes seven additional poems inspired by the American Civil War and variously reprinted from Drum-Taps and Leaves of Gr...
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Leaves of Grass (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

By: Whitman, Walt

Price: $50.00

Publisher: The Easton Press: 1977

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2294869

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

A few minor scuffs, blank publisher's bookplate laid in. 1977 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xli, [3], 527, [7] pp. 8vo. Dark green full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes introduction to the original 1855 edition. Illustrated with woodcuts by Rockwell Kent. When Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he rocked the literary world and forever changed the course of poetry. In subsequent editions, Whitman continued to revise and expand his poems.
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Leaves of Grass

By: Whitman, Walt; Holloway, Emory

Price: $40.00

Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1937

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2301943

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Lacks slipcase and Sandglass insert. Spine a bit toned, faint stain on bottom page corner (does not affect text or illustrations), endpapers faintly foxed. 1937 Hard Cover. xli, [1], 527, [7] pp. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth, gilt titles & decorations, top page ridge blue-green to match boards. Illustrations by the famous artist Rockwell Kent throughout. This edition reproduced from the text of the edition authorized and editorially supervised by Whitman's literary executors. In 1855, Walt Whitman published — at his own expense — the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume...
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Leaves of Grass

By: Whitman, Walt; Morley, Christopher

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.: 1940

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2274565

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes publisher's slipcase. Spine faded (as usual), slipcase edges darkened, minor wear to slipcase corners. 1940 Hard Cover. xiii, 316 pp. Original green boards designed to emulate grass, paper spine label, issued in green slipcase with paper label. Beautiful color and black & white illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel created specially for this edition. Introduction by Christopher Morley. From colophon: 'This edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was planned by Richard Ellis and produced under his direction. The illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel were reproduced in Similetone and Instaprint...
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Leaves of Grass

By: Whitman, Walt; Morley, Christopher

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.: 1940

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2285026

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes publisher's slipcase. Spine toned (as usual), slipcase repaired along bottom seam, slipcase lightly rubbed and toned. 1940 Hard Cover. xiii, 316 pp. Original green boards designed to emulate grass, paper spine label, issued in green slipcase with paper label. Beautiful color and black & white illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel created specially for this edition. Introduction by Christopher Morley. From colophon: 'This edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was planned by Richard Ellis and produced under his direction. The illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel were reproduced in Similetone...
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The Book of Heavenly Death (by Walt Whitman, Compiled from Leaves of Grass)

By: Whitman, Walt; Traubel, Horace

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Thomas B. Mosher: 1907

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 2260186

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Second edition, limited to 500 copies (First edition was also limited to 500). Printed on Von Gelder handmade paper. Spine piece missing, boards faintly toned, minor pencil notes to front endpapers. 1907 Hard Cover. xxii, 102 pp. Walter Walt Whitman (/'hw?tm?n/; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A 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 controvers...
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