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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman 1855-1888

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08728 Author/Creator: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book signed Date: 1888 Pagination: 382 p. : 374 p. : 140 p. : 2 p. : Height: 26.8 cm, Width: 17.9 cm Order a Copy

Printed on titlepage, "Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.) ... Portraits from Life ... Autograph." Contains printings of Leaves of Grass (1881), Specimen Days and Collect (1882), and November Boughs (1888). Each printing paginated separately for a total of 898 pages bound into one volume.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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