Whitman and Burroughs Comrades
by Barrus, Clara
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. re-issue. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, large octavo bound in green cloth, no dust-jacket. Ex-library. 392 pages. Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with frontispiece and 10 full page plates. Re-issued in 1968 by this publisher. An important biography illumining the friendship of Whitman and Burroughs. Much on the contemporary reception of "Leaves of Grass" as well as glimpses of important personages of the period. No previous ownership marks. A clean and unmarked ex-library copy with withdrawn stamps on end-papers, small 'Wingate College Library' stamp on bottom of title-page, reference number in pen on two pages and small label on lower spine. A nice copy Very good. .
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Details
- Seller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 020306
- Title
- Whitman and Burroughs Comrades
- Author
- Barrus, Clara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- re-issue
- Publisher
- Kennikat Press
- Place of Publication
- Port Washington, NY
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Biography, Walt Whitman
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- Octavo
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