Fragments from Walt Whitman : being a rearrangement of some of the great passages of Leaves of grass which provide a talisman for the ancient truths of mankind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, author.

Contributor:

Davenport, John L., editor.

Wagman, Meyer, book designer.

Volk, Kurt H. (Kurt Hans), 1883-1962, typographer, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Leaves of grass. Selections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Quotations.

Whitman, Walt.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Janson.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

91, [3] pages : portrait ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Privately Printed for Kurt H. Volk, 1956.

Notes:

"This limited edition book was conceived by Kurt H. Volk, typographer ... It was designed by Meyer Wagman and edited by John L. Davenport. It has been set in 10 point Janson with Caslon Oldstyle for the larger sizes. Typography and printing by Kurt H. Volk, New York"--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has protective wrapper.

Cited in:

Myerson, J. Whitman, C99.1.a, page 470

OCLC:

6933608