Description

Hardcover, red cloth, no dust-jacket. 1,224 pages. End-matter contains a chronological outline of Whitman’s life and times, a selective bibliography and an index. Biographical introduction and a basic selection of early and recent critical commentary edited by Louis Untermeyer. First edition, first printing thus with no additional printings listed. An indispensable single volume collection of Whitman poetry, prose, letters and critical material, containing hitherto unavailable writings by and about Whitman. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, and unmarked copy. Gold spine lettering faded but still legible. Very good or better copy.