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	1 Whitman, Walt A Little Book of Nature Thoughts Portland, ME Thomas Mosher 1906 Stiff Paper Good/Good  88pp., Printed wrappers have edge chips.  Price: 45.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Whitman, Walt After All, Not to Create Only: Recited By Walt Whitman on Invitation of Managers American Institute, Opening Their 40th Annual Boston Roberts Brothers 1871 First Edition Stiff cloth. Good/No Jacket  Octavo, 24pp., Gilt lettered and decorated cover. Listed as BAL 21405. Blanck's Binding B. No priority established. Mild soil on covers. Worn area at tail of spine. In August 1871, the Board of Managers of the American Institute invited Whitman to deliver a poem at the opening of their 40th anniversary exhibition, offering the poet a fee of $100.00 plus travel and lodging expenses. This poem was published in an edition of 2000 loose-leaf copies most of which were sold or distributed by Whitman directly; 300 were bound in cloth covers by Roberts Brothers for public sale.  Price: 500.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Whitman, Walt Complete Prose Works: Specimen Days And Collect, November Boughs And Good Bye My Fancy [Traubel Copy] Boston Small Maynard and Co. 1898 Hardcover Very Good/No Jacket Illustrated  Octavo, 527pp., Gilt green cloth. Top edge is gilt. Hinges starting to crack, but otherwise nice. This was Gertrude Traubel's copy, with her signature on the front free end paper. She was the daughter of Horace Traubel, Whitman's chief biographer. Interesting association copy. Old book plate of another owner on front pastedown.  Price: 750.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart