Description

Part 1 only of two volume set, complete in itself. Hardcover, small folio size volume bound in maroon and tan cloth, without dust-jacket as issued but now protected in clear acetate covers. 322 pages. General introduction to Whitman’s Poetry Manuscripts by Joel Myerson. Part 1 containing hundreds of facsimile pages of seventy-two items from the collection housed at the University of Virgina, all of which appeared in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass. First edition. Four page promotional folded sheet from Garland Publishing, containing a list of the complete contents of the full three volume set (published in six) laid-in. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, clean and fresh copy. As new. An exceedingly scarce Whitman title. Priority and International orders will require additional postage.