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Author: Whitman, Walt
Title: The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman
Place: New York
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date: 1902
Item # : 222449
Sale Number   467
Lot Number   220
Sale Name    
Rare Books & Manuscripts
Sale Date   11/17/2011
Price realized   $ 1140
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Description:
10 volumes. (8vo) original vellum-backed boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt, original printed cloth jackets. No. 408 of 500 sets of the Book-Lover's Camden Edition, signed in print by the publisher.
Volumes 1 through 3 contain Leaves of Grass, Volumes 4 through 10 comprise his miscellaneous prose works.
Condition:
Light wear to jackets; light foxing to vellum spines, a few small bumps and nicks to boards, front hinge cracked in first volume; very good.
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