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Poet of the Body : New York's Walt Whitman : An Exhibition Based on the Walt Whitman Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane on the Occasion of the Bicentennial Anniversary of Whitman's Birthday
by Tane, S.J. ; Karbiener, K.; Carlsen, J.; McKee, G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dustwrapper
- ISBN 10
- 1605830801
- ISBN 13
- 9781605830803
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Grolier Club, New York, first edition, 2019. Cloth, silver cover title and device, 4to, 29 cm,. 218, [2] pp, ills (some colour). A very elegantly produced exhibition catalogue based on a splendid collection. Highlights include "every American edition of Leaves of Grass published during Whitman's life, manuscripts and one-of-a-kind books that have remained in private hands from his time to our own, his pen, his cane, and three locks of his hair, two encased in exquisite Victorian rings." Contents include: Preface Susan Jaffe Tane; Poet of the Body: New York's Walt Whitman Karen Karbiener; 1: Starting from Paumanok: Poetic Origins; 2: Brooklyn of ample hills was mine: The Seed-Time of the Leaves; 3: Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son: Navigating the Urban Literary Marketplace; 4: City of my walks and joys!: The Quest for Love and Comradeship; 5: I swim in it as in a sea: New York Friendships; 6: I celebrate myself: Manhattan's Son Rises; 7: The Wound-Dresser: The Civil War and Its Aftermath; 8: Signing for Soul and Body: The Good Gray Poet; 9: Camerado, this is no book: Whitman Sells Himself; 10: Poets to come!: Whitman's Legacy in the Book Arts; 11: I give you my hand!: Collecting Whitman's Body (of Work); Exhibition Checklist Julie Carlsen; Books by Walt Whitman; Additional Works by Walt Whitman; Walt Whitman Manuscripts and Letters; Associated Manuscripts and Letters; Books from Walt Whitman's Library; Photographs and Portraits; Periodicals Containing Contributions by Walt Whitman; Artifacts Relating to Walt Whitman; Fine Press, Modem Editions, and Book Art; Whitmaniana—Books; Whitmaniana—Periodicals; Whitmaniana—Selected Ephemera; Index. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-47878
- Title
- Poet of the Body : New York's Walt Whitman : An Exhibition Based on the Walt Whitman Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane on the Occasion of the Bicentennial Anniversary of Whitman's Birthday
- Author
- Tane, S.J. ; Karbiener, K.; Carlsen, J.; McKee, G
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, silver cover title and device, 4to, 29 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dustwrapper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1605830801
- ISBN 13
- 9781605830803
- Publisher
- Grolier Club, New York, first edition, 2019
- Date Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 218, [2] pp, ills (some colour)
- Keywords
- Tane, Susan Jaffe ; Karbiener, Karen ; Carlsen, Julie ; McKee, Gabriel. Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 -- Exhibitions.Books -- Private collections -- Catalogs.Manuscripts -- Private collections -- Catalogs. 9781605830803
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature : American (Bibliographies);
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