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PERRY, BLISS Walt Whitman: His Life and Work, with Illustrations
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING HARDCOVER. 'Published October 1906' stated on copyright page with matching date on title page, 'First Edition' printed on paper spine label. Copyright page states, "Of this first edition 250 copies have been bound entirely uncut, with paper label." No dust jacket. Hinges loosening (netting visible, endpapers loose but included), moderate shelf wear, ink name on front free endpaper, portion of page 1/2 torn away -- affects only the footnote text, not the body of text itself. Frontispiece protected by original tissue guard. 318 pages. Original red cloth hardcover binding, paper spine label. Includes 9 illustrations, among which are three portraits of Whitman, the covers of the first and second editions of Leaves of Grass, Whitman's Review of His Dartmouth Poem, Ticket of Admission to Whitman's Lincoln Lecture, Whitman's Hand, and the Close of Whitman's Will of 1873. "Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War in addition to publishing his poetry. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey where his health further declined. He died at age 72 and his funeral became a public spectacle. Whitman's sexuality is often discussed alongside his poetry. Though he is usually labeled as either homosexual or bisexual, it is unclear if Whitman ever had a sexual relationship with another man. Whitman was concerned with politics throughout his life. He supported the Wilmot Proviso and opposed the extension of slavery generally, but did not believe in the abolitionist movement." -- Wikipedia.
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