ISBN: 9780940450028 - Walt Whitman: Poetry and Prose (loa #3) (library of America) (75 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fair. This Library of America edition is the biggest and best edition of Walt Whitman's writings ever published. It includes all of his poetry and what he considered his complete prose. It is also the only collection that includes, in exactly the form in which it appeared in 1855, the first edition ofLeaves of Grass. This was the book, a commercial failure, which prompted Emerson's famous message to Whitman: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career." These twelve poems, including what were later to be entitled "Song of Myself" and "I Sing the Body Electric," and a preface announcing the author's poetic theories were the first stage of a massive, lifelong work. Six editions and some thirty-seven years later,Leaves of Grass becameone of the central volumes in the history of world poetry. Each edition involved revisions of earlier poems and the incorporation of new ones.As it progressed, it was hailed by Emerson, Thoreau, Rosetti and others, but was also, as with the sixth edition in 1881-82, beset by charges of obscenity for such poems as "A Woman Waits for Me." Printed here is the final, great culminating edition of 1891-92, the last supervised by Whitman himself just before his death. Whitman's prose is no less extraordinary.Specimen Days and Collect(1882) includes reminiscences of nineteenth-century New York City that will fascinate readers in the twenty-first, notes on the Civil War, especially his service in Washington hospitals, and trenchant comments on books and authors.Democratic Vistas(1871), in its attacks on the misuses of national wealth after the Civil War, is relevant to conditions in our own time, andNovember Boughs(1888) brings together retrospective prefaces, opinions, and random autobiographical bits that are in effect an extended epilogue on Whitman's life, works, and times. LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.…

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Hardback. Condition: Fair. This Library of America edition is the biggest and best edition of Walt Whitman's writings ever published. It includes all of his poetry and what he considered his complete prose. It is also the only collection that includes, in exactly the form in which it appeared in 1855, the first edition ofLeaves of Grass. This was the book, a commercial failure, which prompted Emerson's famous message to Whitman: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career." These twelve poems, including what were later to be entitled "Song of Myself" and "I Sing the Body Electric," and a preface announcing the author's poetic theories were the first stage of a massive, lifelong work. Six editions and some thirty-seven years later,Leaves of Grass becameone of the central volumes in the history of world poetry. Each edition involved revisions of earlier poems and the incorporation of new ones.As it progressed, it was hailed by Emerson, Thoreau, Rosetti and others, but was also, as with the sixth edition in 1881-82, beset by charges of obscenity for such poems as "A Woman Waits for Me." Printed here is the final, great culminating edition of 1891-92, the last supervised by Whitman himself just before his death. Whitman's prose is no less extraordinary.Specimen Days and Collect(1882) includes reminiscences of nineteenth-century New York City that will fascinate readers in the twenty-first, notes on the Civil War, especially his service in Washington hospitals, and trenchant comments on books and authors.Democratic Vistas(1871), in its attacks on the misuses of national wealth after the Civil War, is relevant to conditions in our own time, andNovember Boughs(1888) brings together retrospective prefaces, opinions, and random autobiographical bits that are in effect an extended epilogue on Whitman's life, works, and times. LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Published by the Library of America. This series showcases American authors. Green covers with gold lettering and encased in a cream colored slipcase. Some wrinkling noted to head of spine. Green satin ribbon bookmark. Pages clean and unmarked. 1380 Pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Slipcase has scuffing and edgewear with minor smudging. Boards have additional smudging and shelf rubbing. Binding is sound. Text is clean and unmarked. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Thirteenth printing; The Library of America book number 3; the bound-in green ribbon bookmark is still double-tucked into the bottom page edges. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine lightly bumped. Lacking the dust jacket; Mylar protected.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth printing, hardcover, has a lean to the binding with a bow to the front cover, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, mild rubbing to the covers, and smudging to the edges of the text block. Overall, a Near Very Good copy in a Very Good, unclipped dust jacket, which has light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and rubbing to the covers.…

Cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. In very good slipcase. Clean and solid.; Library Of America; 8vo; 1380 pages Very Good No dust jacket as issued.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. (1982), 1380pp, green cloth, decorative eps, slipcase, includes: 1. Leaves of Grass (1855); 2. Leaves of Grass (1891-92); 3. Complete Prose Works (1892); & 4. Supplementary Prose, light spotting to cover, small stain to half title, no dj (as issued), some soiling & slight shelfwear to slipcase, contents clean & unmarked.…

Hardcover. 1380pp. Near new condition, covers bright, text clean and binding tight in a like dust jacket.

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