11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
509

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) Leaves of Grass. Including Sands at Seventy, Good-Bye my Fancy, a Backward Glance oer Traveld Roads, and Po

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)Leaves of Grass. Including Sands at Seventy, Good-Bye my Fancy, a Backward Glance o'er Travel'd Roads, and Portrait from Life. Philadelphia: David McKay, [1919].
A check drawn on the National State Bank of Camden, dated Nov. 2, 1887, for thirty dollars and no payee, signed by Whitman pasted inside the front board, in dark green publisher's cloth and gilt lettered spine, rubbed, a bit shaken, boards worn, the check with tears in the center, and a little brown discoloration from the glue.
Estimate $500-700

Keywords

Whitman, David McKay, Philadelphia, Leaves of Grass