细节
[WHITMAN, WALT]. Two Rivulets including Democratic Vistas, Centennial Songs, and Passage to India. Camden, N.J., 1876. Mounted photographic portrait frontispiece. 8vo, original tan half calf gilt, orange cloth over bevelled boards, green and red gilt-lettered spine labels, g.e., some rubbing to calf and soiling to cloth; an owner's ink inscription on front flyleaf; bookplates. "AUTHOR'S EDITION", INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WHITMAN ON THE FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT: "Walt Whitman born May 31, 1819; PRESENTATION COPY, additionally inscribed by Whitman on the front free endpaper: "Alfred Webb, from his friend, the author." BAL 21411 ("Only 100 copies issued"). This issue is sometimes referred to as the 'Centennial Edition' after the label at foot of the spine and is bound uniformly with the 1st issue of Leaves of Grass, 1876. Reprint except for "Two Rivulets" and most of "Centennial Songs." The sheets of "Memoranda during the War" were probably first issued in this volume. Rare.
来源
Alfred Webb, bookplate; Stella Marion Barclay, bookplate (Cuala Press) and family member's ink provenance notation on front flyleaf.