Lafayette in Brooklyn / by Walt Whitman ; with an introduction by John Burroughs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, author.

Contributor:

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921, writer of introduction.

Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920, publisher.

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969, former owner.

Gable, William F., 1856-1921, former owner.

Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920, autographer.

Literary Collector Press, printer.

Walt Whitman Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier.

Penn Provenance:

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones (former owner) (Whitman Collection copy)

Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920 (autograph) (Whitman Collection copy)

Gable, William F., 1856-1921 (former owner) (inscription) (Whitman Collection copy)

Physical Description:

28 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : 1 facsimile, 2 portraits ; 22 cm

Manufacture:

Greenwich, Connecticut : The Literary Collector Press.

Place of Publication:

New York : George D. Smith, 1905.

Notes:

"Of this book 250 copies have been printed at the Literary Collector Press, as follows: 15 copies on imperial Japanese vellum, and 235 copies on American hand made paper."--Page [2].

"The Literary Collector Press Greenwich, Connecticut"--Verso of title leaf.

"Inserted leaf of Japan paper, with a photograph of Whitman printed on verso, is positioned before the title page; inserted leaves, on Japan paper, with a foldout photograph of a manuscript page and painting of Lafayette, printed on rectos, are positioned after pp. 20, 26."--Myerson.

"Binding: Light gray paper-covered boards with light gray V cloth (smooth) shelfback. Front cover: white paper label with 'LAFAYETTE | IN | BROOKLYN | BY | WALT WHITMAN | 1904'; back cover: blank; spine: white paper label with 'LAFAYETTE IN BROOKLYN--WHITMAN' from bottom to top. Vellum endpapers. Uncut."--Myerson.

Local Notes:

Whitman Collection copy has paper slip with manuscript notes in pencil laid in.

Whitman Collection copy is number 63 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 250 copies, signed by the publisher.

Whitman Collection copy purchased by the Penn Libraries in 1944 from Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague.

Whitman Collection copy has typescript letter of presentation to William F. Gable dated 20 January 1905 on letterhead of George D. Smith (signed in manuscript by George D. Smith) laid in.

Whitman Collection copy: edges untrimmed.

Cited in:

Myerson, J., Walt Whitman, A 21.1.a, pages 283-285

BAL 2174

Other Format:

Online version: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Lafayette in Brooklyn.

OCLC:

1988948