Leaves of Grass; Illustrated with Photographs by Edward Weston [ (2 Volumes) , Signed by Weston) ]
by Whitman, Walt & Edward Weston (Photogr. ) & Mark Van Doren (Intro)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; Limited edtion. Hardcover 2 volumes in slipcase. B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 264 pages; [SIGNED] 1942 The Limited Editions Club. 2 volumes, oversize 4to in publisher's slipcase. #605 of 1500 copies issued, signed by Edward Weston on the limitation leaf at rear of Vol II. Soundly bound in original toned photo illustrated paper covered boards with leather title labels to spines. Light/moserate shelf rubbing to edges of leather spine labels and just mild shelf rub to paper over boards at spine ends and corner tips. Publisher's brown cloth covered slipace a little shelf rubbed at edges and with some mild silverfish predation patchiness to edges; paper title label to closed end is lightly rubbed at edges. Illustrated with 49 Weston photographs made for this issue of Leaves, printed in half-tone on coated stock. Mild shelf tap to lower front corner of slipcase and boards. A little worn but sound and clean in original slipcase. A significant and important example of the modern illustrated book. Sigend by Weston. VG- thus ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Illustrator .
Synopsis
Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd. " Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it in several editions until his death.
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36606
- Title
- Leaves of Grass; Illustrated with Photographs by Edward Weston [ (2 Volumes) , Signed by Weston) ]
- Author
- Whitman, Walt & Edward Weston (Photogr. ) & Mark Van Doren (Intro)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover 2 volumes in slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Limited edtion
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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