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Address of Harrison S. Morris at the unveiling of the bust of Walt Whitman at the annual ceremonies of Hall of Fame at New York University : Thursday afternoon, May 14th, 1931.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection 811W YMo.3 Whitman copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948, author.
- Language:
- English
- Penn Provenance:
- Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones (former owner) (inscription) (Whitman Collection copy)
- Saunders, Henry Scholey, 1864-1951 (autograph) (Whitman Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 unnumbered leaf, 4 leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf ; 22 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Toronto] : Henry S. Saunders, April 1936.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington Square East, N.Y. : Bureau of Public Information, New York University, [1936]
- Notes:
- "Release after 3 p.m. Thursday May 14th 1931 Friday May 15th 1931."
- "Five-copies of this typed and bound by Henry S. Saunders, April 1936."--Colophon.
- "In typing this I followed literally the copy from the N.Y. University; afterwards Mr. Morris kindly sent me a slightly revised copy; the written notes indicate the changes he made. H.S.S."--Typescript label affixed to last leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Whitman Collection copy is number 1 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 5 copies. See colophon.
- Whitman Collection copy has paper slip with manuscript note in pencil laid in; paper slip with manuscript note ("Home-made books from 7 Neville Park Blvd Toronto") laid in.
- Whitman Collection copy purchased by the Penn Libraries in 1944 from Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague.
- Whitman Collection copy has dated 20th-century manuscript inscription ("To Mrs F.J. Sprague with apologies for the type-writing. April 1936 Henry S. Saunders") on front free endpaper.
- OCLC:
- 64444266
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