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Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass: Selected Poetry and Prose
by Whitman, Walt; Babcock, C. Merton [editor]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kansas City, Missouri: Hallmark Editions, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, small octavo bound in yellow cloth, in publisher's price-clipped dust-jacket. 62 pages. Edited by C. Merton Babcock. Single page containing important dates in the life of Walt Whitman. Illustrated with duo-tone drawings by Jim Spanfeller. First edition, no additional printings listed. Gift inscription in pen on half-title page, quoting Whitman's verse. No underlining, highlighting or writing in text, A clean, tight, fresh copy of an edition usually found in poor condition. Dust-jacket lightly worn at tips and head of spine, though complete but for price clipped corner on inner flap. A near fine copy in a still very good dust-jacket. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020521
- Title
- Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass: Selected Poetry and Prose
- Author
- Whitman, Walt; Babcock, C. Merton [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hallmark Editions
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Poetry
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Fine
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- Poor
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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