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Keel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA., Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 3, 2007
FIRST EDITION with SIGNED postcard from the Author. Octavo, pp. 320. 2 captioned monochrome photographic plates of Whitman. Publishers' red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Postcard loosely inserted. Covers slightly bruised to edge, with spine lightly sunned, small tea-stain to top edge upper board, and ring mark and slight crease to lower. Mark to front pastedown from where postcard has become detached; very minor marks to endpapers and a little light foxing to textblock edge otherwise contents clean. A verey good copy overall. Critical biography of the American poet by the English writer and critic (1895-1965). The enclosed postcard is from Fausset to psychic medium Dora Head who "connected" with Whitman at seances and also photographed Whitman psychometrically, and the content refers to the recent publication of the book and descibed Head as "a friend of Walt". Seller Inventory # 11575
Title: Walt Whitman: Poet of Democracy
Publisher: London; Jonathan Cape, 1942.
Publication Date: 1942
Binding: Hard Cover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 320pp, page edges browned, light foxing, no inscriptions, text clean and sound, red cloth, rubbed, Good condition / no dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 663001
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Red Clolth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ex-lib two stamps. 320pp. Seller Inventory # 6907
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Salopian Books, Shrewsbury, SAL, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition hard cover book in fair condition. No dust jacket. Marks and fading to edges of boards and to spine cover. Apparent water-type staining to head and foot of rear board, text block, last few pages and both illustrations. Minor foxing to endpapers and to page edges. Pages tanned. Reading copy only. 8vo. 320pp. Seller Inventory # 17144
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
First edition 320pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (sl bruised corners) in fair d/w (rubbed, sl chipped corners, edgewear, sunned spine w. scuffed head and foot). Seller Inventory # 1g46/21
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Rhos Point Books, Conwy, United Kingdom
Hardback in good condition only. No Dust Jacket. Red cloth boards, slightly stained. Spine sunned. Not Inscribed. A 1st Edition copy. 320 pages. Seller Inventory # 25859
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publisher - Jonathan Cape, London, 1942. 1st ed. First edition. No jacket. Very good condition, previous owner's inscription on ffep, small partly removed price sticker on ffep, red cloth boards with sunned spine. No other blemishes. Seller Inventory # ABE-1548578221831
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Second edition. Hardcover. Second printing. 320 pp. with index, bibliography. Fine in good to very good dust jacket with chips to the head of the spine and rear panel corner, rubbing and toning at the folds. A study and biography of Walt Whitman by British critic and author of a number of similar volumes on such literary figures as John Donne, Wordsworth, etc. Seller Inventory # E17573
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In red cloth. Name in ink. No jacket. Seller Inventory # 115033
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dj lightly soiled. Paper toned. Name in ink on title page.; 320 pages. Seller Inventory # W4-MS6R-0MFZ
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth backed hardcover with dust jacket. The book is in very good condition with very light shelf wear to corners; light shelf wear to edges and top/bottom of cloth; edges of pages with a couple very light dings; front pastedown endpaper with bookplate from previous owner; interior with light age; otherwise the book is in vg+ condition for its age, very lightly used. The jacket is in near very good condition with closed tear to top of back wrap at spine; light shelf wear to edges including very light chipping at top/bottom of spine and corners; wraps are lightly rubbed and a bit dirty with a few small marks and a few small dings; slightly aged; otherwise the jacket is vg, overall lightly used. Seller Inventory # 41589