- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Different Drummer Books, Niantic, CT, U.S.A.Different Drummer Books
AbeBooks seller since April 28, 2003
Condition: Used
£ 2,694.81
Quantity: 1 available
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An excellent copy. Illustrated with woodcuts by Valenti Angelo. Printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn at the Grabhorn Press. Hardback folio bound in original quarter morocco leather over wood boards. 14 1/2” x 9 7/8”, 423 pages, Thirty-seven woodcut illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Printed in handset Goudy New Style on Unbleached Arnold paper. Front board with decorative Random House logo engraved in wood. One of 400 numbered copies. This is considered the high point of the long-lived press and one of the greatest private press American books of the 20th Century. Published the same year as Rockwell Kent’s Moby Dick. Beautifully printed, heavy paper, spacious layout. Containing all of Whitman’s poems following the arrangement of the 1893-’92 edition. Condition: Near fine condition. The spine leather is very lightly sun faded, although evenly and not unattractively. Minor rubs to corners of leather spine and slight wear to bottom. internally bright, fresh pages in fine condition except for a very few pages with minor light spots. This seems common to all copies. Bookplate of Arte Johnson, the “very interesting” comedian who appeared on the TV comedy series “Laugh-In” in the 1960s.…
Seller Inventory # 10418
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Leaves of Grass
- Author
- Whitman, Walt
- Publisher
- Randon House and the Grabhorn Press New York 1930
- Binding
- Hardcover
Different Drummer Books
Niantic, CT, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 28, 2003
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 7.48 | £ 16.82 |
Payment methods
- Bank Draft
- Check
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Store description
My email is ddbooks@aol.com. – I specialize in illustrated literature, fine press, photography monographs, photojournalism, Limited Editions Club, and American literature including Thoreau, Melville and Henry Adams first editions.
Specialty
Limited Editions Club, Henry David Thoreau, Illustrated, Lynd Ward, Rockwell Kent, Photography, Henri Cartier-BressonSeller's business information
Different Drummer Books
CT, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
All books will be be shipped Media Mail and insured unless other arrangements are requested. In the very rare case that a shipment goes astray the full payment will be refunded after the insurance claim has been paid. All books are returnable within 10 days if in original condition. For any questions please contact me at 860-449-4007 or ddbooks@aol.com
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Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
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Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Different Drummer Books, Niantic, Connecticut, U.S.A., +1 860-449-4007, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
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The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
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