AS A STRONG BIRD ON PINIONS FREE AND OTHER POEMS
by Whitman, Walt
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Whitman, Walt. AS A STRONG BIRD ON PINIONS FREE AND OTHER POEMS. Washington, D. C: [S. W. Green for Walt Whitman] 1872. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Lightly rubbed, and minor foxing on end papers, else a very nice copy. Inscribed by Whitman on the front end paper: "Matthew Collins from his friend the Author." Below the inscription, someone, perhaps Collins, has scrawled "W. W." Very nearly a fine copy. Issued as a supplement a few months after the Washington, D. C. edition of LEAVES OF GRASS, this printing of seven poems is less often seen than his other editions of the 1870s. We have not been able to identify the receipient, but have found one person of this name whose age and locale might connect him with Whitman at this period --a 26 year old unmarried ice-wagon driver in Philadelphia (just across the river from Whitman's home in Camden), the sort of common working man celebrated by Whitman. BAL 21408.
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- Bookseller
- Mac Donnell Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20515
- Title
- AS A STRONG BIRD ON PINIONS FREE AND OTHER POEMS
- Author
- Whitman, Walt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- GAY , LEAVES OF GRASS , SIGNED , PRESENTATION
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