American Bard
by Whitman, Walt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Viking, 1982. First Thus. Boards. The original preface to Leaves of Grass, arranged in verse and with woodcuts by William Everson, and with a foreword by James D. Hart. The trade reprint of the limited edition published by Lime Kiln Press. Slight spine slant, otherwise a fine copy in a very good dustjacket with two small closed tears and some light soiling. Small square 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Passages Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000475
- Title
- American Bard
- Author
- Whitman, Walt
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Passages Bookshop
All books are first editions in very good or better condition unless otherwise noted. Dust-jackets are noted when present. Books will be held for one week unless other arrangements are made, and all purchases are returnable for any reason with advance notification. Institutional billing is available with standard terms.
About the Seller
Passages Bookshop
Biblio member since 2008
Portland, Oregon
About Passages Bookshop
Passages Bookshop stocks fine, rare, and unusual books and graphic art, with a concentration on modern and contemporary literature and art (particularly poetry and the avant-garde), artist's books, fine printing, and the book arts. The successor to New York City's Bridge Bookshop (late 1980s), Passages opened in Albuquerque in 1994 and relocated to Portland, Oregon, in 1997. Recently settled into our new location in NW Portland, we are open by appointment or chance. Proprietor: David Abel, info@passagesbookshop.com
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