Walt WHITMAN / Specimen Days & Collect First Edition 1883
$600.00
Published in 1882, Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time, principally the Civil War era and its aftermath, offer a rare excursion into the mind and heart of one of America's greatest poets. His intimate observations and reflections have profoundly deepened understanding of 19th-century American life.
Octavo Hardcover. Light tan/gold publisher's cloth over boards. Gilt signature on cover and gilt titles on spine. Shelf wear to head and toe of spine (pictured). Tips slightly bumped. Binding is secure. Light foxing on ffep (also pictured). 376pp with 2 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Some soiling to page edges. text block is otherwise clean and bright. No interior marks or foxing.
Published in 1882, Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time, principally the Civil War era and its aftermath, offer a rare excursion into the mind and heart of one of America's greatest poets. His intimate observations and reflections have profoundly deepened understanding of 19th-century American life.
Octavo Hardcover. Light tan/gold publisher's cloth over boards. Gilt signature on cover and gilt titles on spine. Shelf wear to head and toe of spine (pictured). Tips slightly bumped. Binding is secure. Light foxing on ffep (also pictured). 376pp with 2 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Some soiling to page edges. text block is otherwise clean and bright. No interior marks or foxing.
Published in 1882, Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time, principally the Civil War era and its aftermath, offer a rare excursion into the mind and heart of one of America's greatest poets. His intimate observations and reflections have profoundly deepened understanding of 19th-century American life.
Octavo Hardcover. Light tan/gold publisher's cloth over boards. Gilt signature on cover and gilt titles on spine. Shelf wear to head and toe of spine (pictured). Tips slightly bumped. Binding is secure. Light foxing on ffep (also pictured). 376pp with 2 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Some soiling to page edges. text block is otherwise clean and bright. No interior marks or foxing.