Description

Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in gold, no dust-jacket. 356 pages. Index. First edition. A compilation of the critical reception which accompanied the publication of Leaves of Grass, Specimen Days and other works by Walt Whitman. These reviews run the gamut from jubilant praise to irate castigation and were penned by many of the leading writers and critics of the time, including, sub rosa, Whitman himself. No previous ownership marks. Small old price sticker from the Strand bookstore in NYC, dated 11/97 inside front cover, else a fine copy. Book is clean, tight, fresh and unmarked, appears unread. As new.