Leaves of Grass by WESTON, Edward: photographs. BY WALT WHITMAN - 1976

New York:: Paddington Press Ltd, , (1976). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine (corners slightly bumped . no dust jacket. . First thus. A work originally published in 1942 by the Limited Editions Club, illustrated with photographs by Edward Weston. Introduction by Mark van Doren and with a new introduction by Richard Ehrlich. xxix, 264 pp plus an alphabetical index of titles. 

NY: Limited Editions Club. Very Good+. 1942. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. No. 815 of 1,500 copies. Signed by Edward Weston on limitation page. Plates made by Pioneer-Moss, paper by Worthy, binding by Russell-Rutter. Printed at the shop of the Aldus Printers in New York. Very light wear at tips of spine. In VG dark brown slipcase with title label on spine; title label has a few small rubbed spots. ; 9-1/8" x 12-1/8" .

The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1942. Hardcover. As New. Folio, hardcover. No dj. Near fine condition. Slight rubbing to slipcase and spines; slipcase label slightly dulled. Covers clean and unworn, contents free of writing or marling.

E-094. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1942. 2 Volumes. Xxix + 264 pgs. Illustrated with 49 photographs. Number #536 of a limited edition of 1500 copies, Signed by Edward Weston at the colophon in Volume 2. Lacking the slipcase. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards are scuffed and worn to the extremities; edges of the spines are chipped). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Though the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his death. This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades—the first a small book of twelve poems and the last a compilation of over 400 poems.… Read More