WHITMAN, WALT. The Complete Writings. New York: Putnam's, 1902. 10 volumes, large 8vo, original green morocco elaborately gilt with red, white and black floral morocco onlays, t.e.g. others uncut, very minor rubbing to extremities and some of the hinges; velvet doublures and linings. LIMITED "AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH" EDITION, number 2 of 10 sets on Japan vellum, plates in 3 states. This set includes an autograph letter signed by Whitman to Jeannette Gilder regarding a "...note I have just forwarded to the Harald... (see other side)..." offering "...a four or five column article for the paper embodying the poems... of my new book 'Two Rivalets' to publish say eight or ten days before their issue by me... making a resume of the book..." (Camden, N.J., 30 Jan. 1876, 2 pages, 8vo). (10)