Two Rivulets; Author's Edition

Whitman, Walt

Published by Camden, New Jersey, 1876

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. One of only 100 copies. The Second Printing, by contrast, consisted of 600-650 copies. BAL's Binding B (no priority) of Half brown leather over orange cloth boards, with green embossed endpapers. All edges gilt. With a frontispiece photograph of Whitman, SIGNED in black ink: Walt Whitman / born May 31 1819. Complete with the single terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. There is some wear to the forecorners and spine tips and some minor overall soiling. Some of the dark brown leather spine label is missing, though the gilt lettering is preserved, and there are signs of a bookplate removal from the pastedowns . A Very Good copy, very clean internally. Scarce. Myerson A9.1b.

Seller Inventory # 000239

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two Rivulets; Author's Edition
• Publisher: Camden, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1876
• Binding: Half-leather
• Condition: Very Good