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Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman 1855... 1888 [Leaves of Grass] by WHITMAN, WALT

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Title: Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman 1855... 1888 [Leaves of Grass]
Author: WHITMAN, WALT
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros. & Co, 1889. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good. SIGNED FIRST EDTION OF THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION OF WHITMAN'S WORK; A REMARKABLE COPY FROM WHITMAN'S PERSONAL LIBRARY. On this Edition:  "Whitman never lost his passion for joining disparate parts into a whole: it was the basis of his politics, his philosophy, and his bookmaking. He wrote to one acquaintance in 1886 that 'I think of... bringing out a complete budget of all my writing in one book.'... Horace Traubel was again involved in getting this big book out, and he and Whitman had endless discussions about all aspects of its production."   Whitman was worried about his failing health and terrified that he would die before his "big book" was published. "At one point the poet told Traubel, 'I am in a hurry-in a hurry: I want to see the book in plates: then I can die satisfied. We will attend to the presswork and binding when we come to it. The main thing is the plates-the plates. Horace, I am on the verge of a final collapse: I look on the future-even tomorrow, next day-with a feeling of the greatest uncertainty. I am anything but secure: let us make the book secure.' ... Whitman was immersed in every aspect of his bookmaking" and was very pleased with the result, for upon receiving the first copies he declared to Traubel, "it's better-far, far better-than the best I looked for." (All quotations from Ed Folsom, Whitman Making Books/Books Making Whitman). Whitman's "big book"- what he thought of as the final monument to his career - was published in only 600 copies "for the author's own use", with each copy signed on the title page. This copy is the first issue - without the limitation number added by hand by Horace Traubel. (All copies that were distributed before Feb. 14, 1889 were unnumbered.) In Myerson's binding A. On this copy - from Whitman's own personal library: With presentation inscription on the front free endpaper from Thomas Biggs Harned: "To John Lewis Cochran, Esq., with the compliments of Thomas B. Harned, June 11, 1897 / This book is one of a few copies of this edition found among the author's effects after his death and it came into the hands of his literary executors. T.B. Harned." "One of Whitman's three literary executors, Thomas Biggs Harned [1851-1921] was a prosperous Philadelphia lawyer and a brother-in-law of Horace Traubel. His twenty-year acquaintance with Whitman involved nearly daily contact during the poet's final years. Harned's well-furnished Camden home was a social center where Whitman dined and drank richly, amused Harned's three children, and met prominent religious and political men. Harned funded the construction of Whitman's mausoleum and co-arranged his funeral, at which he participated as speaker and pallbearer. Later, Harned wrote the introduction to the definitive ten-volume Camden Edition of Whitman's works (1902)." (The Walt Whitman Archive). The "Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman" now resides in the Library of Congress.  The recipient, John Lewis Cochran (1857-1923), was a Philadelphia businessman who later moved to Chicago and became a prominent real estate developer. Laid in are prints of four photographs (possibly unique prints) of Whitman's mausoleum in Camden, NJ (funded by Harned). It appears that the man with the long beard in three of the photographs is Richard Maurice Bucke (along with Traubel and Harned, Whitman's literary executor) and that the shorter man with the mustache is Harned. (The third man in one of the photos remains unidentified.) Also with a beautiful phototype portrait of Whitman by the Philadelphia photographer Frederick Gutekunst and a broadside printing of "An impromptu criticism on the 900 page Volume 'the Complete Peoms and Prose of Walt Whitman'" by Bucke laid-in. Book complete with title page portrait (Linton engraving after G.C. Potter photograph) and engraved portrait of Whitman as a young man (used as frontispiece in the 1855 Leaves of Grass) bound in at page 28, before Leaves of Grass. Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855...1888. Authenticated and Personal Book (handled by W.W.) Portraits from Life... Autograph. Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros. & Co., 1888-89. Large octavo, publisher's three-quarter pebbled cloth over marbled boards with original paper label (Myerson's Binding A). In superb custom box by Natasha Herman of Redbone Bindery matching original binding. Text block and hinges (nearly invisibly) stabilized internally, binding with light edgewear and a few chips to rare original label. A MAGNIFICENT SIGNED COPY FROM WHITMAN'S OWN LIBRARY OF HIS "BIG BOOK"; A MONUMENT OF HIS LIFE'S WORK.

EXPOSITION ANATOMIQUE DE LA STRUCTURE DU CORPS HUMAIN by Winslow, Jacques-Benigne

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Title: EXPOSITION ANATOMIQUE DE LA STRUCTURE DU CORPS HUMAIN
Author: Winslow, Jacques-Benigne
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Paris: Guillaume Desprez et Jean Desessartz, 1732. Hardcover. Quarto, xxx, 740 pages with 4 folding plates. In Good minus condition. Bound in contemporary leather with raised bands and gilt ornamentation to spine. Bands worn, with moderate chipping to head and tail of spine and significant cracking to joints. Boards with general craqueleur and rubbing to edges and corners. Text block edges stained red. Text block age toned and slightly foxed with more significant discoloration to end papers and minor waving to fore edge. An ex-library copy with usual markings, including a bookplate to front pastedown, institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil. MF Consignment. Shelved in Upstairs Hall. 1355845. Special Collections.

The Path of Green Leaves [[ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED] by Yamamoto, Masao

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Title: The Path of Green Leaves [[ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED]
Author: Yamamoto, Masao
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN: 9781590050484
Condition: Fine condition
Description: Tucson, Arizona: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Fine condition. Signed Masao Yamamoto in Japanese on colophon and hand-numbered 430/500. Original gelatin silver print pasted to final page (2 13/16 x 1 3/4"). Small Octavo. 8 leaves. Original silver paper-covered boards with white lettering on covers and spine. Green endpapers. A book of twelve reproductions (eleven photographs and one drawing,) a short explanation, and one original photograph (altered by hand). "The path connected our house to Green Leaves Day Nursery. For five years, I followed this path with my son. When it allowed, I walked along it with excitement, with my camera on my shoulder. Season by season, it looked different. On sunny days or in the rain, in the snow or at sunset, I would always encounter a different event. I could not help recording interesting ones. My son grows up, and no scenery, no plants or animals remain the same. I would like to keep the changes in memory, to cherish them. And it is this same desire that gives birth to my photography." (Yamamoto).

HORSE D'OEUVRES by FOUR HORSEMEN

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Title: HORSE D'OEUVRES
Author: FOUR HORSEMEN
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good +.
Description: Don Mills, Ontario: PaperJacks, 1975. First Edition. Very good +.. Scarce collection from this famed performance and sound poetry supergroup that consisted of bp nichol, Steve McCaffery, Paul Dutton, and Rafael Barreto-Rivera. A wonderful association. 121pp. Wraps. 12mo. MMPB. Very good plus in original pictorial wraps. Mild edge-wear. Else clean and sound throughout. INSCRIBED in year of publication by bp nichol (with additional drawing) to fellow traveler Jackson Mac Low: "given over as gift / in admiration for / Jackson Mac Low / with love / London 1975."

DT [Broadside] by HIRSCHMAN, Jack

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Title: DT [Broadside]
Author: HIRSCHMAN, Jack
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: Portland: Yes! Press, 1971. First Edition. Near fine.. Number 10 from a "series of poems for your pleasure" from Yes! Press. Broadside, printed recto only. 12.75" by 8" approx. Near fine, with one shallow crease near top. Else clean and crisp.

Thymus Vulgaris (Signed First Edition) by WILSON, Lanford

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Title: Thymus Vulgaris (Signed First Edition)
Author: WILSON, Lanford
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1982. First edition. Softcover. 30 pages. A one act play from this Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. A very near fine copy in printed wrappers with some soft creasing to the bottom front corner. Signed by Wilson on the front panel. Uncommon signed.

The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932 by Bradley, Edwin M.

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Title: The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932
Author: Bradley, Edwin M.
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jefferson NC/London: McFarland & Company, Inc.. (c.1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. (no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy with just a touch of wear at the extremities]. (B&W photographs) Exhaustive, well-researched film-by-film chronicle of the early years of the film musical. Includes credits (including all songs, with songwriters noted) for each film, along with a critical discussion and background information about its production. ****NOTE: Additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy volume; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .

New England Life: 125 Years of Mutual life Insurance in America by Anderson, O. Kellley

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Title: New England Life: 125 Years of Mutual life Insurance in America
Author: Anderson, O. Kellley
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: NY: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1960. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Second Printing. 24pp. Darkened overall, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps.

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