Item #7781 LEAVES OF GRASS; By Walt Whitman / Illustrated by Rockwell Kent / The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written / Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather. Walt Whitman.
LEAVES OF GRASS; By Walt Whitman / Illustrated by Rockwell Kent / The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written / Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather
LEAVES OF GRASS; By Walt Whitman / Illustrated by Rockwell Kent / The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written / Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather
LEAVES OF GRASS; By Walt Whitman / Illustrated by Rockwell Kent / The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written / Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather
LEAVES OF GRASS; By Walt Whitman / Illustrated by Rockwell Kent / The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written / Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather
LEAVES OF GRASS; By Walt Whitman / Illustrated by Rockwell Kent / The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written / Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather
LEAVES OF GRASS; By Walt Whitman / Illustrated by Rockwell Kent / The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written / Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather

LEAVES OF GRASS; By Walt Whitman / Illustrated by Rockwell Kent / The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written / Collectors Edition Bound in Genuine Leather

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1977. Rockwell Kent. First Easton Press Collector's Edition. Leather with .22 gold-stamping. Transcendentalism and Realism. Whitman is often called "the father of free verse." During the Civil War, he worked as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers, and was a passionate supporter of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman's expansive poetry became very controversial, particularly Leaves of Grass, which was sometimes attacked for its explicit sexuality.

Tight, bright, clean illustrated edition of Whitman's poetry classic produced with sumptuous tooled leather. No marks or blemishes. Near Fine. Item #7781

Quarto (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), genuine full green leather with four raised hubs and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and covers; Illustrated with color frontispiece of Walt Whitman by Robert Shore, plus 7 B&W plates by Rockwell Kent; olive silk page-marker & silk moiré endpapers, 527 pages. Weight: 2 lb. 5.9 oz.

Price: $75.00

See all items in Poetry & Poetics
See all items by