Complete Poems and Prose.

WHITMAN (Walt).

Published by [1888]., 1888

About this Item

First edition, number 107 of 600 hundred copies signed by the author. Photo-pictorial title page and three portraits of Whitman, one with tissue guard as issued. Large 8vo. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper covered boards by 'Hatchards, Piccadilly', spine with five single raised bands outlined in gilt, second and fourth panels lettered in gilt on brown morocco labels, the rest panelled in gilt, top edge in gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. [Camden, printed for the Author by Ferguson Brothers in Philadelphia]. The definitive lifetime edition of Whitman's works, number 107 of 600 hundred copies boldly signed by the author on the Leaves of Grass title page, with the manuscript limitation statement by the editor Horace Traubell in red ink on the verso. According to Myerson, 150 unbound sheets of the first edition were sent for sale in England between August 1890 and November 1891, making the present contemporary binding by Hatchards particularly pleasing (Myerson, p. 128). Contents bright and unmarked, binder's stamp of 'Hatchards, Piccadilly' to verso of front free endpaper, spine only slightly faded, a few faint splash marks to spine and front cover, light wear to front joint, notwithstanding a really excellent copy.  Myerson, A 2.7.m.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Poems and Prose.
• Publisher: [1888].
• Publication Date: 1888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)