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Whitman, Walt.. SPECIMEN DAYS.. David R. Godine:, 1971.
Price: US$20.47 + shipping
Condition: Good
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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Specimen Days. David R. Godine Pub, Boston, MA, 1971.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cover is in excellent condition. DJ is clipped and in very good condition, save for edge wear and minor corner chipping. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Due to the size of this book, additional shipping charges may apply. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Specimen Days. David R. Godine, Publisher, 1971.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 198 page hardcover with illustrations. Contains the entire text of the 1882 original. "Introduction by Alfred Kazin. Illustrated with 133 Civil War Photographs and Selected Portraits from the Life of Walt Whitman." Printing of this Godine trade edition was limited to 5000 copies - half being hardcover. Excellent production values. Only flaw is a slightly sun darkened dust jacket spine.
Seller: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto; pp 197; G+; rust red spine with gilt text; reprinted; no jacket; cloth shows slight stains to exterior; gilt lettering to front; duotone pictorial label to front; mildly rubbed edges; sturdy, strong boards; text block exterior edges have only slight tone; tight binding; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated. 1351190. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. SPECIMEN DAYS. David R. Godine, Boston, 1971.
Price: US$30.25 + shipping
Description: 197p, 11 3/4" x 8 1/4", illustrated cloth, illustrated with 133 Civil War photographs and selected portraits, vg in dj with a small tear. Introduction by Alfred Kazin.
Seller: Bookseller, Inc., Akron, OH, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Specimen Days. David R. Godine, Boston, 1971.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: -12" x 8 1/2", blue cloth with pictorial paper label to front cover and gilt stamping. A slight dampstain to the top edge of the rear endpaper causes some slight rippling to the last couple pages. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Otherwise a clean, nice copy. Very Good.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
WHITMAN, WALT.. Specimen Days.. Boston; David R. Godine; 1971., 1971.
Price: US$39.70 + shipping
Description: Med. 4to; pp. xxvi, 197; illustrated title page, text with numerous b/w. photographic illustrations, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, illustration laid down on upper board, dustjacket, very good copy.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Whitman, Walt. Specimen Days. David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, 1971.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Hardcover, small folio sized volume [12" tall] bound in blue denim colored cloth boldly lettered in gold, with large pictorial paste-down on upper cover. No dust-jacket, protected by clear acetate cover. 197 pages. Illustrated with 133 black and white photographs. First, limited edition thus. One of a total edition of 6,250 copies, this being one of 5,000 of which 2,500 were bound as hardcover and 2,500 hundred as softcover. The entire text of the 1882 edition is here presented, augmented by many hitherto unpublished contemporary photographs. A pristine copy. Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual coast as possible.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition thus, with photographs, etc. Quarto. B&W photos. Condition: DJ nicked, moderately soiled & lightly worn; else near fine in good DJ. 197 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt.. SPECIMEN DAYS.. David R. Godine:, 1971.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 197 pages, illustrated with b&w photos, and Introduced by Alfred Kazin. "Far more than a diary or a series of random jotting, Specimen Days is Walt Whitman's most personal and extensive prose statement. The entire text of the 1882 edition is here presented, enhanced by original and often unpublished contemporary photos." FINE HARDCOVER, previous owner's names present (small script), GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
WHITMAN, Walt. Specimen Days. Godine, Boston, 1971.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated. 197pp. 4to, pictorial blue cloth, d.w. chipped, and lightly soiled. Boston: David R. Godine, Publishers, 1971. Inscribed by Alfred Kazin, who wrote the introduction, to Shirley (Hazzard) and Francis (Steegmuller).
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Specimen Days. David R. Godine, 1971.
Price: US$61.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slight toning, edgewear to jacket. Price-clipped. Slipcase toned.
Seller: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Whitman, Walt. Specimen Days. David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, 1971.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover, small folio sized volume [12" tall] bound in blue denim colored cloth boldly lettered in gold, with large pictorial paste-down on upper cover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket protected by clear acetate cover. 197 pages. Presentation copy by publisher, signed D.R. Godine on first blank page. Illustrated with 133 black and white photographs. First, limited edition thus. One of a total edition of 6,250 copies, this being one of 5,000 of which 2,500 were bound as hardcover and 2,500 hundred as softcover. The entire text of the 1882 edition is here presented, augmented by many hitherto unpublished contemporary photographs. A fresh and unmarked copy in mildly edge-worn and toned dust-jacket which shows small damp-stain at very heel of spine. Fine in a near very good dust-jacket. Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual coast as possible.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Specimen Days. David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, 1971.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: One of 2,500 (of 5,000) hardcover copies of the regular edition. Illustrated with photographs throughout; 197 pp. 4to. Blue cloth, fine, in photographically illustrated dustjacket, clipped, with minor shelfwear and sunning to spine Illustrated with photographs throughout; 197 pp. 4to One of 2,500 (of 5,000) hardcover copies of the regular edition.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Whitman, Walt. Specimen Days. 1971. Cloth with dustjacket.. Brand: David R Godine, 1971.
Price: US$355.19 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.