WALT WHITMAN : A Life
by Justin Kaplan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671225421
- ISBN 13
- 9780671225421
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1980. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vincent Virga (Photo Editor). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright, with front endpaper removed.. Gilt embossed bi-color boards/Fine DJ/VG; sound w/light edge & surface rubs, and loss to upper spine edge. Gilt embossed bi-color boards/Fine. Dj/VG; light edge & surface rubs w/loss to upper spine.Tace light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. Biography of New York born poet, essayist & journalist Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) , father of free verse, and whose private life was condemed for overt sensuality and, presumed homosexuality. 432 pgs with b/w archival photos in 17 chapters.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019608
- Title
- WALT WHITMAN : A Life
- Author
- Justin Kaplan
- Illustrator
- Vincent Virga (Photo Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0671225421
- ISBN 13
- 9780671225421
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BiographyPoet/America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry/Verse;
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