Ego And Art In Walt Whitman - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Updike, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Targ Editions. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. An attractive first edition/first printing, limited to 350 copies. Decorative boards with gilt-stamped olive cloth. In unread Very Fine condition in alike publisher's plain paper dust-jacket. SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the limitation page; Updike's review of Walt Whitman, often called the greatest American poet for his Leaves of Grass (1855.) Originally given as a talk at the Morgan Library in New York City on October 4, 1977. Eventually reprinted as Whitman's Egotheism; 8vo; 28 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20110
- Title
- Ego And Art In Walt Whitman - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Targ Editions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, American Authors Walt Whitman, Authors New York
- Bookseller catalogs
- Legendary Authors / Updike, John;
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