The Presence of Walt Whitman: Selected Papers from the English Institute
by Lewis, R. W. B. [Editor]
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- Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
New York: Columbia University Press, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. A sound, tight copy, bound in green paper-covered boards; a few short marginal tears, o/w text appears clean and unmarked; stain on top edge of text block, o/w exterior is clean; binding shows light to moderate wear, including fraying at head of spine. ; "The first four essays in this volume were delivered at the English Institute in September, 1960, in a series, organized by the editor, on Whitman's 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking'; the reader's attention is drawn to the different versions of that poem that appear at the back of this book. The remaining three essays formed part of a second series, planned in some degree as a sequel to the first and given in September, 1961, under the chairmanship of Professor Lewis Leary."; 5 1/2 x 8 inches; 215 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4460009
- Title
- The Presence of Walt Whitman: Selected Papers from the English Institute
- Author
- Lewis, R. W. B. [Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, UNITED STATES, AMERICA, AMERICAN, LITERARY, CRITICISM, POETRY, WALT WHITMAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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