Walt Whitman: A Study
by Symonds, John Addington
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, original blue buckram boards, spine titling on panel; text block firm, untrimmed pages crisp; wi
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About This Item
London: John C Nimmo, 1893. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, original blue buckram boards, spine titling on panel; text block firm, untrimmed pages crisp; with 4 photographic plates and portrait; numbered and limited: 147 (of 208). Ex-Repton school library with just a few stamps otherwise unmarked. Foxing on edges and endpapers.. 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). John Addington Symonds 5 October 1840 Ð 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. Although he married and had a family, he was an early advocate of homosexuality. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies about writers and artists. John Symonds was born at Bristol, England in 1840. His father, the senior John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807Ð1871), was the author of Criminal Responsibility (1869), The Principles of Beauty (1857) and Sleep and Dreams.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133431
- Title
- Walt Whitman: A Study
- Author
- Symonds, John Addington
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, original blue buckram boards, spine titling on panel; text block firm, untrimmed pages crisp; wi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John C Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Pages
- 160
- Size
- 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, limited, literary criticism, poetry, literature, Whitman, Symonds
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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