Leaves of Grass
by Whitman, Walt; Kent, Rockwell [illstrator]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Heritage Press, 1937. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover with bluish-green or greenish-blue cloth covered boards, with a stylized graphic of grass in gilt on front board and along spine, with the design and title, author, and illustrator name on spine. No slipcase. Board cloth is clean, just a few scratches. Light shelf wear to lower board edges and spine. Thumb marks on lower corner of text block. On the page after the title page, which features a poem of Whitmans', there is an inscription, several lines long, in Spanish and dated 1961. If there had been a tissue guard between illustration and title page, it is no longer present. Pages are age toned. The ink on some of the illustrations has rubbed off on page opposite. Corner tips have very minimal wearing to cloth. This book appears to not have been very often. Binding still in good shape, nice reading copy. 527 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quirky Used Books & More
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230512001
- Title
- Leaves of Grass
- Author
- Whitman, Walt; Kent, Rockwell [illstrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 2.63 lbs
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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