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American bard / by Walt Whitman ; being the preface to the first edition of Leaves of grass now restored to its native verse rhythms and presented as a living poem [by William Everson].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio PS3201 1981b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
- Standardized Title:
- Leaves of grass. Preface
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Everson, William, 1912-1994.
- Everson, William.
- Penn Provenance:
- Everson, William, 1912-1994 (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 35 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 44 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Cruz [Calif.] : Lime Kiln Press, 1981.
- Notes:
- "Arranged as verse ... The text is that of the original edition, with spelling modernized and punctuation adapted, but the order of Whitman's words is left unchanged."--P. [37].
- "American bard, with woodcuts by William Everson, has been printed on the handpress under his direction ... This edition is limited to 115 copies of which 100 are for sale."--P. [39].
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Penn Libraries copy is no. 48 of a limited ed. of 115 copies, signed by William Everson.
- Penn Libraries copy has 2 copies of the publisher's advertisement (1 sheet ([4] p.) ; 32 cm.) laid in, 1 in an envelope addressed to Mr. Hugh McKillan, Jr.
- OCLC:
- 13396145
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