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Leaves of Grass with "Annex, Sands at Seventy"
by WHITMAN, Walt
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1888. See BAL 21433 for a description of this edition. No copies on Worldcat of this edition. BAL located 3 copies plus the Library of Congress copy. Large Octavo, original mustard cloth, gilt lettered, top edge gilt, with other edges untrimmed. Very Good with very little wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40597
- Title
- Leaves of Grass with "Annex, Sands at Seventy"
- Author
- WHITMAN, Walt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1888
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
Biblio member since 2020
East Woodstock, Connecticut
About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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