Leaves Grass, Signed (54 results)

Softcover. Soft cover with cover like a DJ, spine chipped. Signed by author. Autographed / Poetry / Hawaii signed / autographed; 19639.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Signed by Everson and Hart. Great condition. Bottom edges of jacket are torn. Top edge of covers are text block has water damage, but legibility is not affected. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Softcover. Condition: Good+ creased. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Pages yellowing, spine browning, back cover; Inscribed by the editor.; 8vo; 116 pages; Signed by Editor.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 9 x 6", wraps, 118pp, minor cover rubbing else a nice, clean copy. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Gay" BY THE AUTHOR.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Signed by the author to the dedication page. Original decorated stiff-card wrappers which have browned somewhat. Just a hint of wear to the edges, small bump at the tip of the spine. A very nice copy overall of the second edition. Blanding has signed the dedication page. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Eleventh edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated with black and white wood cuts. Light soil to wraps. Small tear at spine end. Else, very good. (P3). Signed by Author(s).

Original wraps. Condition: Very good. Fifth edition. 59p 12mo, A very good copy in tan printed wraps. Laid in is a long mimeograph page by Don Blanding and signed by Blanding with a little cartouche.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover, unpag. (approx. 200 pgs.), with four gatefolds. 11.75 x 11 in. Signed by Paul Cava, with inscription to gallerist Terry Etherton, on first page. Light edge wear, bump to upper right corner. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First edition. Oblong softcover. Simultaneous paperback issue. Text in English and German and features 16 poems from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" that are accompanied by color illustration by Cava and four of which are gatefold images. A very near fine copy in French style wrappers. Signed by Cava on the last page. A beautiful production. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Green fabric covered with gilt designs and lettering on the front and binding. Illustrated and signed by Rockwell Kent for the Heritage Club. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. Reprint Thus. Pale green cloth lettered in gold on spine (no decoration). Green "Drama" DW has black and white "rosette" signed ER on front cover. Rear cover states "OVER NINE HUNDRED VOLUMES". Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Dw has very little loss but is bit browned over spine.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hand-numbered limited edition 12/300, signed by artist. No dust jacket as issued No dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Oversized.

Condition: Very Good. Scarce early Blanding title. Original grass cloth covers, very good. Signed on page 5 "Aloha, Don Blanding.". Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo.pp. 130. Signed presentation copy: "To Stephen Spender on the occasion of his visit to Detroit & his interest in Walt Whitman. With my best wishes, Charles Feinberg. April 20th, 1955." Original publisher's wraps in ivory, lettered black and green with decorative flourishes. Exhibition Catalogue: prepared by Mrs Francis J Brewer, Curator of Rare Books, Detroit Public Library. Exhibition held at the Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan, 1955. Frontispiece photograph of a manuscript page of the first edition of 'Leaves of Grass.' Three hundred and eighty-seven exhibition items listed. Near very good. Sound. Very slight wear & slight marking of covers. Signedes.

First Edition. First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. Number 95 of 300 copies. Text in English and German and features 16 poems from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" that are accompanied by color illustration by Cava and four of which are gatefold images. A fine copy in cloth boards with color images affixed to both the front and rear panels. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Cava on the limitation page. A beautiful production. Signed.

SIGNED BY EDITOR. 150X225 mm. 118 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine worn and slightly faded. Spine lower edge torn. Pen inscription on few pages - NO damage to text. Few page edges and corners slightly wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. The book is in : English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. inscribed by Lewis C. Daniel. buckram is sunned. back-strip is beginning to separate from spine and edges and corners are fairly heavily rubbed. pages lightly toned. some reading. unmarked. binding is firm and the book is square and solid. as is. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition, trade issue. SIGNED BY EVERSON. Preceded by the 1981 limited edition published by Everson and his Lime Kiln Press. Fine in fine dust jacket with faint sticker shadow on front flap. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Vojt?ch Preissig (illustrator). First edition thus, limited. Folio (15.5"x12"). 25pp. Typographic paper-covered boards. Cold pressed paper, deckle edges. Soiled, foxed, lightly scuffed covers. Sun-darkened left margin of upper cover. Soiled topedge of textblock. Corners rubbed with boards exposed. Foxed endpapers & last blank leaves, pages toned. 3-color linoleum cuts, with tissue. Designed & illustrated by Vojt?ch Preissig. Signed by Preissig & numbered 109 of 390 copies to colophon. Number 1 from the New Fine Book Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One of 1,500 copies. Signed and numbered by designer Frederic Warde. Introduction by Wells. Printed at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. Black and white photographic frontispiece of Whitman from 1876, by Frank Pearsall, reproduced from original wet-plate negative. Includes a facsimile of a page in the first edition of "Leaves of Grass," owned and annotated by Whitman. Bounfd in green cloth, with spine stamped in gilt, spine and covers stamped in illustrated green, red, and black. Minor foxing to endpapers. Occasional, infinitesimal foxing to some internal pages. Light wear to cloth at corners, head and heel of spine, through cloth at some points. Signed.

Hardcover, 176 pages / seiten, ENG / GER, 310 x 285 x 25 mm, NEW !!, illustrated in colour / b/w. ISBN 9783936165364. Hard cover limited edition, signed and numbered 300 copies: 176 pages, 4 color with 2 additional decorative colors, double gatefold cover with flaps, printed on PhoeniXmotion paper, 11x12 inches. Edition Galerie Vevais is pleased to present an illustrated edition of the ?Children of Adam? cycle of poems from the American literary masterpiece "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman. ?Children of Adam? is the legendary group of poems that caused the book to be banned in Boston at its publication in 1882. Whitman?s theme was the male and female body, entirely naked in every sense ? and he steadfastly resisted any suggestion of censorship. This boldly illustrated new edition of the poems brings together two pioneers of American culture, both coincidentally natives of Brooklyn, New York: Walt Whitman, the beloved American poet who continues to inspire readers worldwide, and the contemporary artist Paul Cava, born more than a century later in 1949. John Wood, Arden Kass and Alexander Scholz contribute original and informative essays; technical and scholarly guidance are supplied by noted Whitman scholars Prof. Ed Folsom and Prof. Walter Gr nzweig.The ?Children of Adam? cycle from "Leaves of Grass" is a hymn of hope for a young and innocent America. It is an anthem for a democratic America and a free world -- as well as an unabashed polemic for a shame-free physical and procreative life. This book presents the controversial cluster of poems in a totally original and honest way ? each of the 16 poems stands alone on its beautifully designed page, leaving space for a complex relationship to develop between the sexual and spiritual nuances of the artwork and poetry.Today our world is in the midst of terrific and violent upheaval, accompanied by much >> darkness and negativity. We are all in need of love and kindness, simple ?native moments? that all of humanity can share and take nourishment from. With this in our minds and hearts, a team of German and American artists, writers, scholars and designers have come together and worked for more than a year to produce a book that goes beyond the traditional definition. It is an unconventional, visual and sensual expression of hope, manifested in words, image and design and presented in a finely-crafted work of published art. Superior quality printing, highest quality paper and binding further ensure a place in the hearts of book collectors worldwide for this unique collaboration. 1710 g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition Thus, Limited, Signed. First edition thus, slipcased hardcover, signed by the designer, Frederic Warde, and marked as no. 364/1500 on the colophon. The book has very slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a previous owner's name penned to the head of the front pastedown, a tiny spot to the head of the front fly leaf, and some foxing starting to the rear endsheets. Overall, this is a solid, sharp, Very Good+ copy in a Near Very Good plain paper jacket, which has bumps with short creased tears and small losses to the spine ends and corners, light sunning with some smudging to the spine, and a touch of rubbing to the covers. The jacket is in Mylar and the book is housed in a Near Very Good slipcase, which has bumps with some wear to the paper at the corners, rubbing with smudging to the panels, sunning to the upper and rear panels with toning along the seams, and light soiling and smudges to the rear panel. Additional images are available by request.

4° (quer); 28 x 31 cm. 176 S. mit zahlreichen künstlerisch gestalteten oder verfremdeten Aktfotografien in aufwendigem Vierfarbendruck und 4 ausfaltbaren Tafeln. Orig.-Leinen mit montierter Illustration am Vorder- und Hinterdeckel, mit Front- und RTitel. |Erste Ausgabe| in 300 numierten und signierten Exemplaren, auf separatem Zertifikat. Aufwendig und edel gestaltetes Foto-Kunst-Werk. Text und Papiergrund zweifarbig. 16 Gedichte von Walt Whitmans "Leaves of Grass" werden begleited von den erotischen, morbid schönen Fotoillustrationen Paul Cavas. Sehr gutes Exemplar. ------------------ Whitman, Walt - Paul Cava. Children of Adam from Leaves of Grass. Poems by Walt Whitman. Artwork by Paul Cava. Edited by Alexander Scholz. Edition Galerie Vevais, 2005. First edition. 4vo (oblong) hardcover. Orig. cloth boards, both covers with mounted pictures and title on cover and back. 176 p with many four-color reproductions with two additional decorative colors and 4 additional gatefolds. First printing. Number 199 of 300 copies. Text in English and German and features 16 poems from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" that are accompanied by color illustration by Cava and four of which are gatefold images. A fine copy. Signed by Cava on the limitation page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by designer Frederic Warde. Hardcover, bound in green cloth in a slipcase. The book lightly rubbed at the spine ends; the slipcase with tape repair to the top edge. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Leather Binding. Condition: Good. First Thus. One of 1000 copies signed by Rockwell Kent. A good copy in the original green morocco decorated in gilt, with publisher's green cloth slipcase (spine chipped with tears; minor wear to slipcase).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Interpreted with seven original color engravings by Terry Haass. Limited to 150 copies, signed by Haass on the limitation page and each engraving. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Brown cloth folding portfolio, some fading at the spine. Plain printed wraps with loose pages as issued. This work features Whitman's "Song of Myself," "A Prairie Sunset," "Soon Shall the Winter's Foil Be Here," and "A Clear Midnight.". Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 1 of 1000 limited editions bound in green leather and signed by Rockwell Kent on rfep. The leather is cracking on the spine and rubbed away at the board edges and the spine ends. Missing slipcase. Protected in vinyl wrap. Signed By Author.

hardcover. Limited. Illustrated. Folio, cream colored printed boards; vellum spine. (N.Y., 1930). Limited Edition. New Fine Book Series, No. 1, Designed by Vojtech Pressig and printed in Czechoslovakia. One of 390 signed copies. Fine, in original (worn) board folder.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Presentation copy of the Author's Edition, signed on the title-page by Whitman, and further inscribed on the front free endpaper, Albert D. Shaw from the author. The 1876 Author's edition, sometimes called the Centennial edition, features two portraits of the poet, young and old, and the author's signature on the title of some copies. The increasingly cash-strapped Whitman published these himself, binding and printing them in different forms to meet demand. This is the final form, one of 600 copies. In December 1881 he observed that he still had 100-200 copies on hand. Whitman sent Shaw this volume, along with Two Rivulets, on April 9, 1881. In adiiton to signing the title page, he inscribed the book to Shaw. He asked Shaw to send the $10 by postal money order if convenient. Shaw was U.S. Consul in Manchester, England at this time. He later was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and a U.S. Congressman. A manuscript note on the rear pastedown, presumably in Shaw s hand, identifies two poems of special interest. Shaw s bookplate notes that this is vol. 638 in his library. Myerson A2.5.c2. Two engraved portraits of Whitman. Original half cream leather gilt, morocco spine label. Rebacked preserving spine, spine rubbed, darkened, and soiled. The advertisement leaf mounted at the end notes that this book, as well as Two Rivulets, is available directly from Whitman for $5. Signed by Author(s).

Original wrap-around leather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. SCARCE 70TH BIRTHDAY EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 300 COPIES SIGNED BY WHITMAN. THE VERY RARE FIRST ISSUE WITH ORIGINAL LEATHER WRAP-AROUND BAND. The collector of Walt Whitman is hard pressed to choose which edition of Leaves of Grass best represents the poet's vision of his works. After all, Whitman famously attended each of the printings of his poems like a parent in the delivery room during the birth of each child. Is one child more valuable than the next? As with each delivery, each printing of Leaves of Grass contained its own set of complications and circumstances, be it lack of funds, paper shortages, war, or other issues. From early on, however, Whitman had a vision for Leaves of Grass, a vision that he needed to compromise time and again to accommodate the reality of his publishing circumstances. It was not until his 70th birthday edition in 1889 that the stars aligned and Whitman was finally able to print Leaves of Grass as he had always wanted an edition that embodied his vision of the book. Whitman saw himself as a pastor creating a New Bible and in this special birthday edition he took this vision quite literally, as he presented Leaves of Grass as one would present a Bible, using "Oxford Bible Paper," and a Biblical black leather cover with a wraparound tongue flap and pocket in the back. Only 300 copies were printed, but fairly soon into the printing, Whitman was persuaded by his close friend Dr. Richard Bucke to stop binding copies with the wraparound flap, so far fewer than the original 300 contain this unique aspect of his vision. Unlike Whitman's earlier editions full of sometimes playful book art and fonts, the 1889 edition insists it is to be taken very seriously, perhaps as seriously as one might take the Bible. The text, of course, includes the same radicalism as the earlier editions, but this time his radicalism is not to be interpreted as whimsy, but as high seriousness, even scripture. Yet, despite the solemnity of the presentation of this edition, Whitman reminds us that this Biblical vision is his very precious child as he introduces the edition with the words: "the volume is more A PERSON than a book. And for testimony to all, (and good measure,) I here with pen and ink append my name" and then signed each copy in ink, "Walt Whitman". Philadelphia: Printed by Ferguson Bros. and Co. for the Author. Small octavo (approx. 124x180 mm), original publisher's morocco with wraparound band and rear pocket; custom box. Complete with portrait frontispiece. Some scuffing to leather, small separation at joint at base of spine. Due to its somewhat fragile design, this edition is usually found in dreadful condition. This copy is by far the nicest we've ever seen. A BEAUTIFUL SIGNED COPY OF ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES OF LEAVES OF GRASS.