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AS A STRONG BIRD ON PINIONS FREE. And Other Poems
by Whitman, Walt
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C., 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Printed by Samuel W. Green of New York in an edition of 572 copies, about 300 of which were bound. A collection of seven new poems, and the significant "Preface" in which Whitman (1819-92) envisions this volume as the first installment of a new collection of an "aggregated, inseparable, unprecedented, vast, composite, electric, Democratic Nationality." The poems here would eventually be swept into the epic project of Leaves of Grass but here they remained something new for Whitman, who says here of the eternal experiment of his poems: "the earnest trial and exploration shall at least be mine, and other success failing, shall be success enough." Octavo: [xiv], [16], 8 [advertisements] p. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. With an ink notation on the prefatory blank leaf by the Victorian-era bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller Harry Buxton Forman (1842-1917) concerning the scarcity of this title. A bit of wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. BAL 21408; Myerson A7.1.a.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76647
- Title
- AS A STRONG BIRD ON PINIONS FREE. And Other Poems
- Author
- Whitman, Walt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- Poetry, American Literature, Transcendentalism, Realism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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