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November Boughs
by Whitman, Walt
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Original green beveled cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1888. Only edition, third printing. Portrait of Elias Hicks in text. Pp. 140, [1, ad]. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green beveled cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g. Only edition, third printing. Portrait of Elias Hicks in text. Pp. 140, [1, ad]. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY HORACE TRAUBEL. Inscribed on the ffep: "To John Malone with the admiration of Horace Traubel Jul. 1896."
"These sheets are probably the 400 copies printed in May, 1891. . . . It seems probable . . . that after Whitman's death his executors had these sheets and the remainder of Good-Bye My Fancy [a copy of which we also have on offer] bound in uniform, but separate, bindings." (BAL 21430, printing 3). BAL 21430 (printing 3, probably issued by the Executors in 1891); Myerson A12.3. Provenance : Charles Heartman Nov. 7, 1919 (as per pencil note at back)
"These sheets are probably the 400 copies printed in May, 1891. . . . It seems probable . . . that after Whitman's death his executors had these sheets and the remainder of Good-Bye My Fancy [a copy of which we also have on offer] bound in uniform, but separate, bindings." (BAL 21430, printing 3). BAL 21430 (printing 3, probably issued by the Executors in 1891); Myerson A12.3. Provenance : Charles Heartman Nov. 7, 1919 (as per pencil note at back)
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 317455
- Title
- November Boughs
- Author
- Whitman, Walt
- Format/Binding
- Portrait of Elias Hicks in text. Pp. 140, [1, ad]. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green beveled cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Only edition, third printing
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- American | Poetry | American | Poetry | Walt Whitman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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