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The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman, Book-Lovers Camden Edition #271/500
Whitman, Walt and Bucke, Richard Maurice (Ed.) · New York, London
- Author
- Whitman, Walt and Bucke, Richard Maurice (Ed.)
- Date
- 1902
- Place
- New York, London
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 8vo.(6" x 9") 10 volumes complete. Quarter vellum with tiny corneers over gray boards. Vellum spine with gilt lettering and all over floral decoration. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Printed Walt Whitman bookplate to front pastedowns, engraved frontispiece and three plates to each volume, title in red and black. High quality paper and crisp engravings make this collected edition even better. Minor edgewear, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some spines with minor soiling (see pic), gilt to top edges scuffed with dulling. A beautiful set of books, the first 3 vols with the complete Leaves of Grass, the 7 others of his prose works.
- Format
- Attestation page staes; The Book-Lovers Camden Edition. This Edition of The Complete Works of Walt Whitman is Limited to Five zhundred Signed and Numbered Sets, of which this is Number 271 [signed by publisher]
- Edition
- Book-Lovers Camden Edition 271/500
- Category
- History & Americana
- Record
- S.I.5855
The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman, Book-Lovers Camden Edition #271/500. Walt Whitman and Richard Maurice Bucke (Ed.). 1902. New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press. 8vo.(6" x 9") 10 volumes complete. Quarter vellum with tiny corners over gray boards. Vellum spine with gilt lettering and all over floral decoration. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Printed Walt Whitman bookplate to front pastedowns, engraved frontispiece and three plates to each volume, title in red and black. High quality paper and crisp engravings make this collected edition even better. Minor edgewear, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some spines with minor soiling (see pic), gilt to top edges scuffed with dulling. A beautiful set of books, the first 3 vols with the complete Leaves of Grass, the 7 others of his prose works. Attestation page states; The Book-Lovers Camden Edition. This Edition of The Complete Works of Walt Whitman is Limited to Five hundred Signed and Numbered Sets, of which this is Number 271 [signed by publisher]
Condition
Very Good
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