Leaves of grass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, author.

Contributor:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, publisher.

Smith, George P., autographer.

McIntosh, Henry Payne, 1846-1935, former owner.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, autographer, inscriber.

Stoddart, J. M. (Joseph Marshall), 1845-1921, former owner.

Birdwhistell, Ray L., 1918-1994, former owner.

Rasmussen, Eric, autographer, binder.

Smith & McDougall, electrotyper.

Walt Whitman Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--19th century.

American literature.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- New Jersey -- Camden -- 19th century.

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Smith, George P. (autograph) (Whitman Collection copy 1)

McIntosh, Henry Payne, 1846-1935 (bookplate) (Whitman Collection copy 1)

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (autograph) (inscription) (Whitman Collection copy 1)

Stoddart, J. M. (Joseph Marshall), 1845-1921 (inscription) (Whitman Collection copy 1)

Birdwhistell, Ray L., 1918-1994 (inscription) (Whitman Collection copy 1)

Rasmussen, Eric (autograph) (Whitman Collection copy 1)

Physical Description:

vi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 8-384 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : 2 portraits ; 20 cm

Edition:

Author's edition, with portraits from life.

Manufacture:

New York : Electrotyped by Smith & McDougall ...

Place of Publication:

Camden, New Jersey : [Walt Whitman], 1876.

Notes:

Author's name, Walt Whitman, appears in copyright statement on verso of title leaf. "The title page is signed by Whitman in some copies."--Myerson.

"Fifth edition, third printing (1876)"--Myerson. Myerson records three issues: "First (false) issue" (with cancel title leaf); "Second (American) issue" (with integral title leaf); and "Third (English) issue" (with stamp "LONDON: TRÜBNER & CO." on title leaf).

600 copies printed. Cf. Myerson.

"Electrotyped by Smith & McDougall, 82 Beekman Street, New York."--Title page verso.

"Single leaf with the Samuel Hollyer engraving of Whitman printed on verso is inserted after p. 28; single leaf of coated paper with W.J. Linton engraving of G.C. Potter photograph of Whitman printed on verso is inserted after p. 284."--Myerson.

"Previous intercalated material is now printed in the contents and on pp. 207, 247, 285, 359, 369."--Myerson.

"A single leaf, with advertisements for Whitman's books printed on the recto ... is inserted between the back flyleaves."--Myerson.

"[B]ound by James Arnold, Philadelphia."--Myerson.

Local Notes:

Author's autograph on t.-p.

Inscribed by R.M. Bucke to J.W. Wallace.

Whitman Collection copy 1 is Myerson's second (American) issue with integral title leaf.

Whitman Collection copy 1 has a few manuscript marginal marks in pencil in text.

Whitman Collection copy 1 has autograph ("Geo. P. Smith - 4 E 42d St.") in pencil on front pastedown; armorial bookplate of Henry Payne McIntosh with manuscript numeral ("729.") in pencil on front pastedown.

Whitman Collection copy 1 has manuscript inscription ("J M Stoddart from the author") on front free endpaper; autograph of Walt Whitman on title leaf.

Whitman Collection copy 1 has printed paper slip with bookseller's description (of this copy?) affixed to front pastedown; paper slip with binder's manuscript note ("Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass. 1876 Done to the specifications of Ray Birdwhistell ... Done in San Francisco Feb-Mar, 1970 Eric Rasmussen, bookbinder") describing repairs to this copy affixed to back free endpaper.

Whitman Collection copy 1 has folded newspaper clipping with title "Indecent Literature" from The times (Philadelphia, Pa., 23 May 1882) affixed to verso of back free endpaper.

Whitman Collection copy 2 is Myerson's second (American) issue with integral title leaf.

Whitman Collection copy 2 has a few manuscript marginal marks in pencil in text.

Whitman Collection copy 2: title leaf detached.

Cited in:

Myerson, J., Walt Whitman, A2.5.c, pages 69-74

BAL 21412

OCLC:

1030515