Whitman, WaltA Group of Walt Whitman titles As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. Washington, D.C.: [S. W. Green for Walt Whitman], 1872. 8vo. First edition, with a presentation inscription in another hand. Issued as a supplement a few months after the Washington edition of Leaves of Grass. Publisher's advertisements at end; integral blank torn out, stray spots. Original full green cloth, upper cover gilt-lettered, gray endpapers; wear with some exposure at extremities, minor soiling to boards, dampstaining to endpapers. — Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891-1892. 8vo. Engraved portrait of Whitman; minor toning. Original full green cloth, spine gilt lettered, top edge gilt; joints split. — Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle . Boston: Laurens Maynard, 1892. 8vo. Frontispiece; some toning, title cleanly detached. Original full green cloth, spine gilt lettered; some wrinkling to cloth, corner bumped, rubbing to head and tail. — The Wound Dresser. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898. 8vo. First edition, number 31 of 60 copies signed by the editor. Half-title, frontispiece portrait, woodcut publisher's device to title. Original full red cloth, paper label to spine; wear to head and tail of spine, chips to label, small sticker to rear pastedown. — Leaves of Grass. [Grabhorn Press for] New York: Random House, 1930. Folio (368 x 250 mm). Copy 129 of 400. Title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Original morocco-backed boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second compartment lettered in blind; bands and hinges rubbed with some exposure, bump to right corner of front board, edges toned. Together, 5 works. Sold as a group lot, not subject to return. REFERENCEBAL 21441, 21408, 21448, 21446 PROVENANCELeaves of Grass, Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891-1892: J.H. Stafford (inscription to front free endpaper) — The Wound Dresser, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898: John Quinn (bookplate to front pastedown)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Whitman, WaltA Group of Walt Whitman titles As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. Washington, D.C.: [S. W. Green for Walt Whitman], 1872. 8vo. First edition, with a presentation inscription in another hand. Issued as a supplement a few months after the Washington edition of Leaves of Grass. Publisher's advertisements at end; integral blank torn out, stray spots. Original full green cloth, upper cover gilt-lettered, gray endpapers; wear with some exposure at extremities, minor soiling to boards, dampstaining to endpapers. — Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891-1892. 8vo. Engraved portrait of Whitman; minor toning. Original full green cloth, spine gilt lettered, top edge gilt; joints split. — Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868-1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter Doyle . Boston: Laurens Maynard, 1892. 8vo. Frontispiece; some toning, title cleanly detached. Original full green cloth, spine gilt lettered; some wrinkling to cloth, corner bumped, rubbing to head and tail. — The Wound Dresser. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898. 8vo. First edition, number 31 of 60 copies signed by the editor. Half-title, frontispiece portrait, woodcut publisher's device to title. Original full red cloth, paper label to spine; wear to head and tail of spine, chips to label, small sticker to rear pastedown. — Leaves of Grass. [Grabhorn Press for] New York: Random House, 1930. Folio (368 x 250 mm). Copy 129 of 400. Title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Original morocco-backed boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second compartment lettered in blind; bands and hinges rubbed with some exposure, bump to right corner of front board, edges toned. Together, 5 works. Sold as a group lot, not subject to return. REFERENCEBAL 21441, 21408, 21448, 21446 PROVENANCELeaves of Grass, Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891-1892: J.H. Stafford (inscription to front free endpaper) — The Wound Dresser, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898: John Quinn (bookplate to front pastedown)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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