I Hear the People Singing: Selected Poems of Walt Whitman
by Whitman, Walt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: International Publishers, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, russet cloth lacking dust-jacket. 96 pages. Introduction by Langston Hughes. Illustrated with vignette drawings by Alexander Dobkin. First edition. Poems selected under four chapter headings: Men and Women; America; Civil War and Abraham Lincoln; Freedom and the Future. No previous ownership marks. Mild rubbing to spine cloth, else a clean, tight, and unmarked copy. Very good. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020345
- Title
- I Hear the People Singing: Selected Poems of Walt Whitman
- Author
- Whitman, Walt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- International Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Poetry, Walt Whitman
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.