WHITMAN WALT Leaves of Grass

Sale 2397 - Lot 563

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Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500

WHITMAN, WALT. Leaves of Grass. One portrait inserted. 8vo, original green cloth (BAL's C binding), spine gilt-lettered, scattered soiling, two ring-stains, spine tips and corners slightly frayed, top edges gilt, others uncut; short penned numerals on front flyleaf, minor foxing to end matter. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891-92

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"Death Bed Edition." Second printing. Ex-collection Dodge MacKnight, presentation copy from his father, dated in the year of publication. MacKnight was a post-impressionist American painter and friend of Van Gogh. Inscription reads "Dodge MacKnight from his father. Orihuela, Spain. 1892." BAL 21441.