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Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass with Autobiography. David McKay, 1900.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red cloth boards rubbed at corners & ends, foldout facsimile autobiographical note intact, owner stamp, some pencil underlining & scattered vintage fountain-pen notes in text, a charming vintage copy. 567 pp.
Seller: Eighth Day Books, LLC, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt & black lettering & decoration on green covers. Top edge gilt. 8vo, 526 pages. Newspaper and magazine clippings about Walt Whitman are on the front end papers, and a Reader's Digest clipping is taped on the rear end papers. Corners lightly worn.
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover, dark blue cloth, no dust-jacket. 567 pages. Alphabetical Index of Titles. Includes a tipped-in facsimile holograph autobiographical fold out document ["Biographical note of Walt Whitman"]. Edition unknown, though a very early printing, if not a first. Brief gift inscription on front free end-paper dated 14 June, 1901, (copyright date 1900). No other previous ownership marks. Mild toning to page margins, Text clean, with no underlining or highlighting. Spine lettered quite faded and cloth shows mild wear and soiling. A sound, tight, generally clean copy. Good.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.06 + shipping
Description: frontispicio con el retrato de Walt Whitman, fotografia de Gutekurnst, 3 hojas facsimiles con anotaciones a mano desplegables, 516 páginas, 4 láminas fotográficas. Algunas páginas con anotaciones a lápiz. Hojas con signos de humedad. Encuadernado en tela editorial con letras doradas en plano y lomo. Corte superior dorado. En buen estado. Sellos de la Bibl. Inst. Int. 21x14 cm.
Seller: Llibreria Antiquària Delstres, Canet de Mar, BCN, Spain
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown soft leather. Has some fraying to the spine, some light age toning and a few pages with creases. SCARCE early edition. We ship fast
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by David McKay, copyright 1911. NOT exLib. VG-minus or better cond. hardcover, no dj. Green cloth over bds w/ black & bright gilt dec & lettering on cover & spine. Fore-edge deckled, t.e.g. Webbing partially exposed at front hinge (still holding,) o/w book is complete, intact & unmarked. A handsome copy, illustrated from b&w photos. 516pp incl index. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG- or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth, gilt titles, black decoration. Frontispiece photo of Whitman. Light wear at edges and corners. Name on front endpaper. Front hinge cracked at copyright page; rear hinge cracked at page 540-41.; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 567 pages
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass with Autobiography. Sherman & Co, 1900.
Price: US$47.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth hard cover with gilt lettering on cover and spine; 516 pages with a copy of his handwritten autobiography and photograph of Whitman with preface by David McKay. shelf wear to corners & binding and brown discoloration of first few pages. Cover loose at spine. Owner's name and dated 1909,See photos
Seller: TRU Hospice Thrift Shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Thick 8vo, i-xii pp., 3pp. facsimuile of handwritten "Biographical Note of Walt Whitman", 568 pp. A very fresh and undamaged copy in forest green with gilt titling on spine and front cover. Spine a little rubbed and worn, else a Very Good + copy. Very Good+, spine a little rubbed,
Seller: Friends of Middletown Thrall Library, Inc., Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: PO Bookplate on verso of rear cover, po name on ffep, pages are clean and unmarked, corners are lightly rubbed
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 567pp; Index. Contents textually unmarked and clean. Green cloth HC with gilt stamping; dulled spine. Former college library volume with customary stamps, labels and rear card-pocket. Inner front hinge cracked revealing mesh. Includes three fold-out facsimile sheets and photograph frontispiece.
Seller: JBK Books, North Manchester, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD Condition Green Clothbnd. ffep name in attractive hand "R E Ewell" .Minimal wear to spine ends.Has occasional erase worthy pencil lines in white margins near some poems. ; .Bright GOLD spine & cover titles with black borders and decorative wheat designs on quite dark green cloth hard covers. ; 496+X=506pg pages; Gold spine & cover titles on Dark Green Cloth hard covers. Gilt top edge, Rough cut foredge . . .COULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE GIFT BOOK, as it has both bright titles & clean covers, and decorative features. .has several fold out facsimily pages of original WHITMAN WRITING. .Sample of Whitmans signature at bottom of frontis photo to Davod McCay who was "Walt Whitman's Publisher".****Book text has many notes about changes made by author to various lines of text over several editions. ***
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. david McKay, Philadelphia, 1900.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original green cloth with gilt title on the front and the spine. Slight edge wear. Top edge gilt. Includes a facsimile autobiography on thin paper. Protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. Inside, very clean and tight. No foxing. No browning. No stains. Alphabetical list of the poems at the end. Black leaf decoration on the front board and in gilt on the spine.
Seller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books, Craftsbury Common, VT, U.S.A.
Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass with Autobiography. David McKay, 1900.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Some general wear, soil, edge wear, bottom edge dents to front panel, areas of white stains on back panel. Corners bumped and bowed, rear bottom corner with a small stray blue mark. Gilt decoration and lettering on spine considerably faded. White stain marks to spine. Edgewear, chipping, tiny tears to spine extremities. Shaken. Split hinge with mull exposed. Fold out facsimile Biographical Note of Walt Whitman, with full page 1, half page 2 (1873 cut off), half page 3, with creases and edge wear. 567 pages. Notes made to rear fly page verso and a pencil notation to top corner of rear fly. Pastedown on rear board splitting from top with mull exposure.
Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
[Whitman, Walt]. Leaves of Grass. David McKay [1900s], Philadelphia, 1900.
Price: US$83.65 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original ink design for the binding or dustwrapper of an early 20th century edition of Leaves of Grass; black ink on heavy tan paper, pencil guidelines for the spine imprint. Single card measuring 20.5 x 17.5cms. Crease along spine fold, faint pencil name bottom right corner, else fine.
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1900.
Price: US$89.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: including a facsimile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a department of gathered leaves. Green cloth with gitlt titles and gilt and black decs to front and spine. Rubbed, particularly spine which also has chipping to head and foot. Front gutters cracked, owner inscription to ffep, otherwise content good. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1900.
Price: US$94.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Includes a facsimile autobiography variorum readings of the poems & a department of Gathered Leaves. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait & facsimile of biographical notes. Octavo in dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Condition: spine lettering rubbed; else near fine. 567 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass with Autobiography. David McKay Company, Inc., 1900.
Price: US$94.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Publisher: David McKay - 1900 No dust jacket. Minor cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding. ** WE SHIP DAILY (Mon-Fri) ** Free Tracking Information
Seller: Southern Maryland Books, Waldorf, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$94.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ownership ink to flyleaf, otherwise unmarked tight binding no jacket. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1900.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 567 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Boards have fraying to spine edges, rubbing to corners, and mild shelf wear. Textblock has scratching to fore edge and faint staining to head edge. Shelved Room A. 1374671. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: AKA: Leaves of Grass with Autobiography. Though copyright page shows 1900, the publisher did not move to Washington Square until 1904, so this printing can be no earlier. A Near Fine copy in deep green cloth stamped in gold and black at spine and on front cover, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Front gutter starting. Unopened signatures. 516pp. with Index, folding holographic reproductions of autobiographical notes after the table of contents, and frontispiece portrait of Whitman with facsimile signature. Lovely gift copy. Q15903
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (21cm). Dark blue-green cloth stamped in gilt; [xiv],[11]-567,[1]pp; frontispiece portrait and three leaves of facsimile manuscript (2 folding). Sound and upright, but rubbed at edges with mild superficial abrasion to front board, occasional toning: Very Good. Reprint after Whitman's death by David McKay, his longest-lasting publisher.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green Cloth. Very Good +. 516 pp. Copyright 1900, no later date in book. Annotated with variant text from all publications of his poems; index at rear; publisher's note indicates there are a few omissions for reasons beyond his control. Unusually, covers are exceptionally clean and unfaded, spine unfaded and all gilt bright. Slight signs of wear at top and bottom of spine and at tips, with a few points of fraying. Gilt along top of pages is a little tarnished; hinges are cracked; two pages partially darkened as from an inserted newspaper clipping. [552].
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$123.45 + shipping
Description: CLEAN near fine 1900 green and gilt boards hard cover. 496 pages.prior owner's bookplate.
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
Waly Whitman. Leaves of Grass. David McKay, Philadelphia PA, 1900.
Price: US$132.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Leaves of Grass with Autobiography. Book is green fabric board with black design, gold lettering on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Spine is tight, straight. Edges/corners are straight with very minimal age wear, no fraying or tears. Pages are tight, clean, no tears/writing/folds. Pages have rough edges and gold top edge. Front blank end paper is missing. Tissue/ velum papers over illustrations.Facsimile signature to David McKay. Very nice old book.
Seller: Six Maples Books, Martinsburg, WV, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small octavo with slightly rubbed green cloth, stamped with a black botanical grass motif central design and border. Rubbed gilt front title is still fairly bright, with very bright gilt titles and design motif on spine. Gilt top edge with barely tanned deckled fore and bottom edges. Tissue covered frontis portrait of Whitman, with facsimile signature and dedication to David McKay. Central plate with additional portrait, and facsimile note to 'Dave', noting inclusion of the two portraits. Included are three facsimile handwritten manuscript pages, with two folding leaves. xi, 516 pp. Poetry, Classic.
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Published by David McKay, Philadelphia, PA. 1900. Xi, 516 pgs. Photographic frontispiece, 2-page facsimile, numerous illustrations. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have wear present to the extremities (stain present to the front board). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1855, a small volume appeared, self-published by a failed Brooklyn journalist and carpenter: twelve untitled poems and a preface announcing the author's aims. A commercial failure, this book was the first stage of a massive, lifelong enterprise. Six editions and thirty-seven years later, Leaves of Grass had been recognized as one of the central masterworks of world poetry. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 516 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 496 pp. 8vo, original decorated cloth, t.e.g. Two former owner's ink names on front free endpaper; some light spotting to endsheets and light use to edges of boards; tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Leaves of Grass. Including a Fac-simile Autobiography Variorum Readings of the Poems and a Department of Gathered Leaves. By Walt Whitman and printed in Philadelphia by David McKay. 1900, 567 pp, 8.25 x 6, 8vo, hardcover green cloth. Overall good, with minor rubbing and wear to exterior. Most notable wear concentrated in the title page, which is mostly loose from the bottom. Hinges remain in good condition and text block remains bound well. Infrequent black-and-white illustrations. Includes foldouts at front of book. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce edition of Whitmans works, with facsimile foldouts at front. A great piece with minor restoration needed to preserve title page. COLL1900KFIX
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass with Autobiography. David McKay, 1900.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1900 hardcover edition of Leaves of Grass, published a few years after Whitman's death. This volume comes paired with Whitman's autobiography. Rubbing at corners and spine heel & toe. Gilding somewhat faded at spine. Light edgewear. All interior pages are crisp and clean in tight binding.
Seller: Manning's Books & Prints, ABAA, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
WHITMAN, Walt. Leaves of Grass. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1900.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Early Reprint Edition, with dustjacket featuring an image of Whitman at front panel. Probably from the 1910's or 20's. With "Facsimile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a department of Gathered Leaves". Original decorative dark green cloth, gilt lettering, green dyed top page edge, frontis plate of Whitman with facsimile inscription. Uncommon early 20th Century edition of Whitman's seminal poetry collection, this copy exceptional for retaining the original publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Scarce. Near Fine but for unfortunate inked name and school at lower page edge, in Very Good dustjacket with modest soiling, shallow chipping at spine ends, flap corners and lower front panel.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
WHITMAN, Walt. Leaves of Grass. David McKay, 1900.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1884, (but ca. 1900). Early edition. 8 1/4" x 5 1/4". Engraved frontispiece portrait of a standing Whitman. Original gilt stamped green cloth, with black ruling, t.e.g.; floral endpapers; publisher's imprint on spine reads "Putnam." Several pencil notations. Very good. 382 pages. Bookplate of A. W. K. Straton and two pencil signatures of previous owners. Printed by Sherman & Co., Philadelphia.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Condition is Very Good+, bound in 1/2 leather with marbled boards and end papers, with gilt titles and decorations at spine. Two bookplates inside front cover. Fading to color at spine. Owner gift inscription to second front end page in a graceful script. No markings to text. 8vo, 8 1/4"h x 5 3/4"w.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$444.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, bound by Sickles in full black morocco, gilt panels with gilt-stamped leafy corner decorations and the gilt-stamped monogram of Charles Edward Ballard, hotelier and circus owner, spine decorated with gilt panels each with leaf corner devices, dentelles also attractively decorated with a leaf pattern, silk doublures & endsheets, top edge gilt, uncut, [xii], 516 pp. Frontis portrait with facsimile inscription underneath, fold-out facsimiles. Fine. Literature, Poetry, Fine Binding, Leather. KLS
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
WHITMAN, Walter. Leaves of Grass. David McKay, Market St, 1900.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1900 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass American Poetry SEXUALITY Scandal Romanticism Oh Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won. Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon and is often called the father of free verse. His work, especially Leaves of Grass, was very controversial in its time due to its contents containing overt sexuality. Printed in 1900 by McKay, this new edition was printed with all of Whitmans final changes. It is a decorative display piece that features five illustrated plates throughout. Some of the notable poems contained in this collection include: I sing the Body Electric A Woman Waits for Me The Ship Starting Laws for Creations Children of Adam Sands at Seventy Calamus Item number: #30830 Price: $499 WHITMAN, Walter Leaves of Grass Philadelphia: David McKay, Market St. [1900]. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xi, [1], 11-567, [1] o 5 illustrated plates (including frontispiece) and 2 facsimile handwritten notes Provenance: Handwritten [John P. Lund] Language: English Binding: Hardcover; secure o Decorative green cloth Size: ~8.25in X 5.75in (21cm x 14.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30830 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
WHITMAN, Walt. Leaves of Grass. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1900.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition Thus, with "Facsimile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a department of Gathered Leaves". Original decorative dark green cloth, gilt lettering, gilt top page edge, frontis plate of Whitman with facsimile inscription. The last of the 19th Century editions of Whitman's seminal poetry collection, this copy exceptional for retaining the original publisher's printed dustjacket. Scarce. Near Fine, two short gift inscriptions at front endpaper (one from 1925, the other dated 1962), in Very Good plus white dustjacket that would presumably be prone to soiling, this example only very lightly so, with some shallow chipping along top edge, chipped at spine ends.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Walt Whitman. LEAVES OF GRASS. David McKay, New York, 1900.
Price: US$1725.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in custom binding. 1/4 leather. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Light rubbing along panel edges.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.