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Lot Description

WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). A group of 5 works, comprising:

Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: Reese Welsh & Co., 1882. -- Specimen Days & collect. Philadelphia: Rees Welsh & Co., 1882-'83. With publisher's advert tipped in. -- Poems. William Michael Rossetti, editor. London: John Camden Hotten, 1868. -- Calamus. Boston: Laurens Maynard, 1897. FIRST EDITION. -- Rivulets of Prose. Carolyn Wells and Alfred F. Goldsmith, editors. New York: Greenberg, 1928. LIMITED EDITION. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, all in original bindings, conditionally generally good.

Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

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