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Book/Printed Material Leaves of grass : comprising all the poems written by Walt Whitman, following the arrangement of the edition of 1891-'2.

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Title

  • Leaves of grass : comprising all the poems written by Walt Whitman, following the arrangement of the edition of 1891-'2.

Names

  • Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
  • Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, illustrator.
  • Grabhorn, Edwin E., printer.
  • Grabhorn, Robert, printer.
  • Grabhorn, Edwin E., signer.
  • Grabhorn, Marjorie, signer.
  • Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, signer.
  • Anderson, Gregg, 1908-1944, signer.
  • Grabhorn, Robert, signer.
  • Wheeler, William (Bookbinder), signer.
  • Gannon, John Ira, 1907-1932, signer.
  • Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
  • Grabhorn Press, printer.
  • Press Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress)
  • Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : Random House, 1930

Genre

  • Autographs (Provenance)--DLC
  • Presentation copies (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  "400 copies printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, San Francisco. Woodcuts by Valenti Angelo."--Prelim. p. [2].
  • -  Bound in Philippine mahogany with red niger morocco back. See Heller.
  • -  Myerson, J. Walt Whitman, p. 456
  • -  Heller, E.R. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 138
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2323
  • -  Recat. to AACR2: vj15 09-11-96
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-16 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 423 p. : ill. ; 37 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PS3201 1930
  • PS3201 1930 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection item 2323. "Out of series, being a special copy for presentation by the Press." Prefixed by 3 "experimental pages." Bound in full morocco. Signed by printer and illustrator.
  • PS3201 1930 Copy 3 Unnumbered copy, inscribed by printers, illustrator, and other members of Grabhorn Press to Frederic and Bertha Goudy. Bookplate of Frederic W. Goudy on inside front cover.
  • PS3201 1930 Copy 4 No. 131.
  • PS3201 1930 Copy 5 No. 84. Formerly owned by Bruce Rogers.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 34018905

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Whitman, Walt, Valenti Angelo, Edwin E Grabhorn, Robert Grabhorn, Edwin E Grabhorn, Marjorie Grabhorn, Valenti Angelo, et al. Leaves of grass: comprising all the poems written by Walt Whitman, following the arrangement of the edition of -'2. New York: Random House, 1930. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/34018905/.

APA citation style:

Whitman, W., Angelo, V., Grabhorn, E. E., Grabhorn, R., Grabhorn, E. E., Grabhorn, M. [...] Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection. (1930) Leaves of grass: comprising all the poems written by Walt Whitman, following the arrangement of the edition of -'2. New York: Random House. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/34018905/.

MLA citation style:

Whitman, Walt, et al. Leaves of grass: comprising all the poems written by Walt Whitman, following the arrangement of the edition of -'2. New York: Random House, 1930. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/34018905/>.