Walt Whitman's Civil War. Compiled & Edited from Published & Unpublished Sources.
by Lowenfels, Walter (ed.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 Book. Illus. by Winslow Homer. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xvi, 334 (1) pp, sources, bibliography, notes, appendix: Whitman's Civil War poems in addition to those used in text, index of poems. Prepared with the assistance of Nan Braymer. Civil War Drawings by Winslow Homer. Second Printing, March 1961. "The first collection in one volume of the poet's magnificent prose writings on his eyewitness experiences in the Civil War. In a draft prospectus Whitman described 'a new book with its framework jotted down on the battlefield, in the shelter tent, by the wayside amid the rubble of passing artilery trains or the moving cavalry in the streets of Washington, and above all in the great military hospitals, amid the children of everyone of the United States, the representatives of every battle, amid the ashy face, the bloody bandage, with death and suffering on every side." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Lightly age-toned spine dj with only the slightest wear to bottom edge of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with blind-stamped soldier with musket on front board, and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003770
- Title
- Walt Whitman's Civil War. Compiled & Edited from Published & Unpublished Sources.
- Author
- Lowenfels, Walter (ed.)
- Illustrator
- Winslow Homer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- LITERATURE U.S. CIVIL WAR WHITMAN WALT (1819-1892) PROSE WRITINGS CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCES
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- 8vo
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