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WHITMAN, Walt. The Complete Writings. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1902. 10 volumes, large 8o. Ten frontispieces and five plates, each in three states. Original green morocco, elaborately gilt with red, white and black floral morocco onlays, t.e.g., others uncut; velvet doublures and linings.
LIMITED EDITION, number 2 of 10 sets on Japan vellum of the Author's Autograph edition, signed by the publisher and WITH AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY WHITMAN to Jeanette Gilder bound in: Camden, 30 January 1876, 2 pages, 8vo, regarding a "... note I have just forwarded to the Herald ... [copied on verso]" offering "... a four or five column article for the paper embodying the poems ... of my new book 'Two Rivulets' to publish say eight or ten days before their issue by me ... making a resume of the book." (Not in Correspondence, ed. E.H. Miller). BAL 21454 (variant not noted); Meyerson B4. (10)
LIMITED EDITION, number 2 of 10 sets on Japan vellum of the Author's Autograph edition, signed by the publisher and WITH AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY WHITMAN to Jeanette Gilder bound in: Camden, 30 January 1876, 2 pages, 8vo, regarding a "... note I have just forwarded to the Herald ... [copied on verso]" offering "... a four or five column article for the paper embodying the poems ... of my new book 'Two Rivulets' to publish say eight or ten days before their issue by me ... making a resume of the book." (Not in Correspondence, ed. E.H. Miller). BAL 21454 (variant not noted); Meyerson B4. (10)