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Autograph Letter Draft to Alfred Pratt. WITH: Alfred Pratt's autograph letter to Whitman by WHITMAN, WALT

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company

Title: Autograph Letter Draft to Alfred Pratt. WITH: Alfred Pratt's autograph letter to Whitman
Author: WHITMAN, WALT
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington, D.C.: np, 1869. First edition. custom folder. Very Good. A LOVE LETTER FROM "FATHER WHITMAN" TO A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER. A rare and significant letter to one of the young soldiers Whitman aided at a military hospital during the Civil War. Whitman corresponded with Pratt for some 8 years, beginning after Pratt's hospitalization in 1865. Whitman's letter is a response to Pratt's own of May 9, 1869, in which Pratt asks why he has not heard from Whitman (despite having sent several letters to him) and in which Pratt gives report of his health. Pratt's letter, which is addressed to "Father Whitman," essentially affirms that Whitman saved his life in 1865: "had it not been for that smiling countenace [of yours] I should have been no more". Whitman's letter in response to Pratt's letter was initially dated "June 28, 1869" and subsequently revised by Whitman to July 1. In his letter Whitman gives brief report of his life and affectionately affirms "Dear boy I would like to see you, that we might be together once more, even if but for a little while" (a sentiment which Whitman subsequently re-stated and crossed-out in a later part of this draft letter: "I would like very much if we could be together again"). In the version of this letter which Whitman actually sent, Whitman conclusively reaffirmed his affection in signing off with the statement "Good bye, my loving boy" - a statement which Whitman here tentatively sketches mid-letter in writing "Good bye Alfred dear loving young man." Whitman acted as a hospital aid to wounded soldiers for some three years during the Civil War. A direct and brutal confrontation with death and disease, Whitman found his DC hospital experiences salvational - revitalizing both his emotions and his pen, both of which he felt had grown stagnant in New York City. Whitman is known to have corresponded with some dozen or more young men from his time as a hospital aid. As Pratt's mode of addressing Whitman - "Father Whitman" - here evidences, Whitman became a paternal figure - and perhaps more -- for many of the young men he nursed. The finished July 1 version of this letter is to be found in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman at the Library of Congress. The large bulk of Whitman's hospital-related correspondence is in fact in the Feinberg Collection, and very few examples of such correspondence are to be found in any other collection institutional or private. Though Whitman is known to have made (and revised) drafts of his poetry, it is very uncommon to see the draft of a Whitman letter - Whitman for the most part wrote his correspondence extemporaneously. Whitman letters such as the present superbly reveal Whitman's magnanimous and loving nature, and are very rare in commerce. Pratt's May 9 letter to Whitman is unrecorded and unpublished. Autograph Letter to Alfred Pratt, Unsigned and Undated, being an Unsent Draft of Whitman's letter to Pratt dated July 1, 1869. [TOGETHER WITH] Alfred Pratt's autograph letter to Whitman, May 9, 1869. [Whitman Letter]. Washington, D.C., June 28 - July 1, 1869. One sheet folded to make 4 pp.; 8x5 in.; 203 x 127 mm (each page); sheet 8x10 in. On Whitman's Attorney General's Office, Washington, D.C. letterhead. [Pratt Letter]. Williamson Wayne Co., N.Y., May 1, 1869. 2 pp.; 7 7/8 x 5 in; 200 x 127 mm. On N.Y. Military State Agency stationery. With original envelope addressed to Whitman (at the Attorney General's Office), postmarked May 10, 1869. Both with expected folds; excellent condition. Housed in custom presentation folder. The letter from Alfred Pratt dated May 9, 1869 to Whitman reads: Dear Father Whitman, I have faith to beleive (sic) that you're a live yet and I should like to Hear from you. I have wrote to you Two or three times but have yet received an answer. if I have offended you In any way in any letters I am very sory [sic] and ask your forgiveness. I should like to see you and that kind and loving fxxxx xxx xxxxx it rxxxx and much pleasure in seeing it when you came to visit me when I was in the hospital. had it not been for that smiling countenance I should have been no more. If you are alive and well I hope to see your face once more this side of the grave if it be gods [sic] will. Now Father Whitman I will tell you. That this winter I had the misfortune to get my arm broken and soon afterwards my wrist mis Placed and it has not got strong yet. I don't think of much that would interest you out here in the country. I hope you will xxxx excuse me for taking [sic] this small xxx of paper for I had no other handy I am well and hxxx and hope this may find you in as good condition . no more at present. The letter from Walt Whitman to Alfred Pratt dated July 1, 1869 reads: Dear Alfred Pratt, I am still in here in Washington, & work in the same office. My health is good, and there is nothing specially new or important with me since I wrote last. Dear boy I would like to see you, that we might be together once more, even if but for a little while. I have thought I would try to journey out your way, for a few days, but it don't seem likely just at present. Dear boy I hope you are well,--you must write me a good long letter all about yourself & your affairs.--I send you my love, & to your parents also--Tell them I hope yet to meet them some time...I too have not forgotten those times when you lay sick in the hospital--& our love for each other--such things are not easily forgotten--Some day I will come out there, & we will see each other again..

Salome: Tragedie In Einem Akte by Oscar Wilde

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Title: Salome: Tragedie In Einem Akte
Author: Oscar Wilde
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leipzig, 1907. Boards. Very Good. Aubrey Beardsley. The 1907 1st German appearance with the seminal Aubrey Beardsley illustrations. Solid and VG- to VG in its gray boards over navy-blue leather spine. Mild spotting to the boards (especially at the rear board), a degree of chipping along the spine, affecting the gilt-titling and the gilt-rule. Lovely former owner bookplate to the front pastedown, offsetting at the colophon, darkening along the rear blank endsheet. Still though, a very presentable copy and uncommon as such, with Aubrey Beardsley's 15 magnificent plates (including frontispiece and title page) beautifully complementing Oscar Wilde's text. #283 of 825 copies issued.

Defend world peace - Stop Reagan's international lawlessness [petition signed by Madame Binh, Edith Ballantyne, Hortensia Allende, Julie Christie, Marechal Costa Gomez, and Romesh Chandra]

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Title: Defend world peace - Stop Reagan's international lawlessness [petition signed by Madame Binh, Edith Ballantyne, Hortensia Allende, Julie Christie, Marechal Costa Gomez, and Romesh Chandra]
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: San Francisco: US Out of Central America, 1984. 8.5x11 inch petition circulated by Tony Platt at the International Conference on Nicaragua and for Peace in Central America, which was held in Lisbon, May 3-6, 1984. The petition, which has an explanatory slip with some spots of correction fluid pasted across the lower portion, has been neatly mounted on a wooden board. Platt, a scholar / activist known in particular for his work on prison reform, was at the Conference on behalf of the Democratic Workers' Party; USOCA was a front group of the Party. Perhaps the most famous signer here is Nguyen Thi Binh, popularly known as Madame Binh, who had been one of the signers of the 1973 Vietnam peace accords and who went on to become Vice President of Vietnam after reunification. Other signers include the widow of Salvador Allende, two peace activists (one of them, Christie, a well-known actress), a former Portuguese president, and a former leader of the Communist Party of India, Chandra, who had gone on to head the World Peace Council.

Elizabeth and Essex by Strachey, Lytton

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Title: Elizabeth and Essex
Author: Strachey, Lytton
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Chatto & Windus, 1928. First edition. Cloth backed boards, one corner worn, very good, not issued in printed jacket. Copy 940 of 1060, all signed, designed by W.A. Dwiggins. 1000 of these copies were for America and had the U.S. publisher's name on the spine, this would be one of the sixty for Britain with Chatto & Windus on the spine. Bookplate of "Effemar

c.1865 Arion Vocalists Theatrical Broadside

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Title: c.1865 Arion Vocalists Theatrical Broadside
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Good. Spotting, some nicks, folds, wrinkling.
Description: Boston, Massachusetts: Arion Vocalists, 1865. Good. Spotting, some nicks, folds, wrinkling.. A printed theatrical broadside promoting an 1860s performance of the Arion Vocalists at the "Unitarian Church" in Boston (perhaps Arlington Street Church). The date and location have been handwritten in pencil. Includes a full listing of the traveling quartette's repertoire for their tour. Includes labels for each of the American folk songs, including "Sentimental", "Comic", "Patriotic", "Descriptive", and "Humorous" (apparently different from Comic). Measures approx. 18.75" by 6.25

ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY, 1600-1750 by WITTKOWER, Rudolf

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Title: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY, 1600-1750
Author: WITTKOWER, Rudolf
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: WITTKOWER, Rudolf. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY, 1600-1750. Baltimore: Penguin Books, (1958). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 428 pages, illustrations, plates. First American edition. Issued in the Pelican History of Art series, with approximately three hundred illustrations. Very good in lightly chipped dust jacket.

Marco Breuer: Tremors, Ephemera by BREUER, Marco; James ELKINS

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Title: Marco Breuer: Tremors, Ephemera
Author: BREUER, Marco; James ELKINS
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9780967077437
Condition: A fine copy
Description: New York: Roth / Horowitz, 2000. A fine copy. 4to. Color plates. Cloth; French-fold printed wrapper; board slipcase. FIRST EDITION, one of 1000 copies of the trade issue.

All the World's a Pun [Broadside] by COHEN, Marvin

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Title: All the World's a Pun [Broadside]
Author: COHEN, Marvin
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition: Near-fine with a few soft creases at corners
Description: New York: Moon Dragon Press, 1975. Near-fine with a few soft creases at corners. 11 x 8.5 inches. Printed in red and black. On Blue Water Script 25% Rag paper. This is Moon Dragon Press Broadside No. 1.

PIONEERS OF SCIENCE IN AMERICA: SKETCHES OF THEIR LIVES AND SCIENTIFIC WORK by Youmans, William Jay (Ed.)

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Title: PIONEERS OF SCIENCE IN AMERICA: SKETCHES OF THEIR LIVES AND SCIENTIFIC WORK
Author: Youmans, William Jay (Ed.)
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: New York: D. Appleton and Company. Good. 1896. Hardcover. Ex-library with usual markings (numbers on spine, bookplates, card envelope). A rough copy, though contents are bright and complete. Good. .

GEOLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY IN NORTH-EASTERN NEBRASKA by WSP 215 -- Condra, G.E.

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Title: GEOLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY IN NORTH-EASTERN NEBRASKA
Author: WSP 215 -- Condra, G.E.
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington, D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1908. Softcover. USGS 1908. Wrappers, very good condition, Complete with all maps and plates. .

The Junks & Sampans of the Yangtze. by Worcester, G.R.C.

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Title: The Junks & Sampans of the Yangtze.
Author: Worcester, G.R.C.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description: Annapolis. MD: Naval Institute Press, (1971). 4to. (16) 626 pp. duotone plates. Revised and expanded reprint of Worcester's definitive work, presenting a general introduction to the topic and dealing specifically with craft of the estuary and Shanghai areas. Worcester was for 30 years employed in the Chinese Maritime Customs, and was an expert on the watercraft of the Yangtze. Fine condition in dust jacket.

THE COUNTRY & THE CITY by Williams, Raymond

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Title: THE COUNTRY & THE CITY
Author: Williams, Raymond
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780701113711
Description: London, Untied Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 335 pages. In Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Age-toned yellow-tan spine with red lettering. Dust jacket has mild shelving wear, mild staining on front and rear covers, mild wear along head and tail edges, and mild wear along spine head and tail. Boards have mild staining along head edges, front board has a dent along head edge, and spine has mild wear along head and tail edges. Textblock has denting and a tear along tail edge from pages 149-189, mild age-toning, mild staining along edges, and mild wear along edges. Shelved ND-C. 1380107. FP New Rockville Stock.

The Trials of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

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Title: The Trials of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle
Author: Rick Riordan
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9781484732748
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, in as new and unread condition. A beautiful copy of this first novel in the Trials of Apollo series. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

Collected Poems by Auden, W. H.

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Title: Collected Poems
Author: Auden, W. H.
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited Edition as stated on title page. Raised bands on spine. Leather bound book. Gold gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Near fine to fine.

Daniel Blum's Screen World 1954 (Volume V) by Blum, Daniel

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Title: Daniel Blum's Screen World 1954 (Volume V)
Author: Blum, Daniel
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Good+
Description: New York: Greenberg: Publisher. Good+. (c.1954). (Volume 5) First Printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid copy, bumping to several corners, a bit of staining to covers; internally unblemished]. (B&W photographs) Provides cast/production credits for all films released in the U.S. during 1953. The "Promising Personalities" of the year, with the single exception of Audrey Hepburn, proved to be, on the whole, a pretty undistinguished bunch: Byron Palmer, Lori Nelson, Biff Elliot, Steve Forrest, Kathleen Hughes, Charles Drake, Pat Crowley, Elaine Stewart, Carlos Thompson, Edmund Purdom, and Barbara Ruick. This year's "Portrait Dolls of Famous Film Folk" (thankfully confined to a single page) gives us a group shot of dreadful doll versions of William S. Hart (looking a lot like Conrad Veidt in CALIGARI), Clara Kimball Young, Pearl White and Paul Panzer, Mae Murray and Bob Hope. The volume is dedicated to Lillian Gish. .

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