Author: WHITMAN, Walt (Edward WESTON)
Title: Leaves of Grass
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Two slim, tall quarto (9" x 12") volumes bound in imitation vellum reproducing in dark grass-green ink a photograph by Edward Weston who has illustrated the volume with 49 photographs specially commissioned for this book and made into exquisitely clear half-tones printed on coated paper. Each spine has a leather label with the title stamped in gilt. With an introduction by Mark Van Doren. Copy #611 of 1500 SIGNED by the photographer on the colophon page. A masterpiece of the modern photographically illustrated book. Ill.: Edward Weston. Minor wear and small scrapes to the spine. Still Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with repaired splits .

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Modern Photography, Edward Weston, Limited Editions Club, 19th Century American Literature, LEC, 19th Century Literature, Walt Whitman, Fine Press Edward Weston Signed Illustrated Books Modern Photography


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