Leaves of Grass (Modern Library #97.2, in ML spine 7)
$95.00 USD • Used
Walt Whitman's collection of his poems was a work in progress; he continuously added new poems to it throughout his life. Includes his 'Memories of Abraham Lincoln', with Whitman's "When Lilacs La...
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Walt Whitman's collection of his poems was a work in progress; he continuously added new poems to it throughout his life. Includes his 'Memories of Abraham Lincoln', with Whitman's "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Carl Sandburg has provided an introduction, and with index of first lines. --- In Toledano spine 7 / green balloon cloth / limp boards / gilt cover torchbearer / gilt spine titling with inter-connected "ML" device / dark green topstain / orange Kent endpapers / jacket style d, verso lists titles in ML catalog, but no total number. Likely published c.1933 (though 1921 date appears in the book). ML #97.2. --- With general age-toning to leaves, small patches of sunning to spine ends, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy. Brittle dust jacket with original $.95 flap price (which has been inked over), handwritten flap price, chips to extremities (some rather large) and with toning, but remaining mostly intact and in removable mylar protector. Overall, a well-preserved copy of this rather scarce edition.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xvi, 311 pages
Product Info
Publisher: The Modern Library
Year: [c.1933]
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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