Notes And Fragments Left By Walt Whitman - Parts I - III -

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

FIRST EDITION. One of 225 numbered copies signed by Bucke. This work prints an extensive collection of manuscript fragments discovered among Whitman's papers on his death.
Sections include "First Drafts and Rejected Lines and Passages, Mostly verse fragmentary, From 'Leaves of Grass, ' Largely Antecedent to the 1855 Edition," "Notes on The meaning and Intention of 'Leaves of Grass,'" and "Memoranda From Books and From His Own Reflections, Indicating the Poet's Reading and Thought Preparatory to Writing 'Leaves of Grass.'"
This is a very handsome copy of this book which, when found, is usually battered.
Provenance: Syracuse Public Library, with small stamp on title, with deaccession letter.
Myerson A17.4to. Original dark green-blue cloth. Minimal wear. Fine.

London, Ontario, Canada: Richard Maurice Bucke, 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original dark green floral *& pebbled cloth hard covers. Gilt titleing to front and spine; in blind to rear. Blind-stamped ruling to front and rear, gilt rules to spine. Corners, as well as head & tail of spine bumped and moderately rubbed, with lower corners through. Edges and endpapers toned, with foxing to same, and proximate pages. Otherwise this is a sound, clean and handsome copy. First edition, limited to 225 copies (this being no. 156), and SIGNED by R. M. Bucke on limitation page. 211pp..