[Rarebooks] FS: 3 Early Books about Walt Whitman

[charles agvent]

       1. HARNED,  Thomas B. (editor) [WALT WHITMAN]. THE  LETTERS
          OF ANNE  GILCHRIST AND WALT WHITMAN. Garden City:  Doubleday,
          Page 1918.  First  Edition.  Green  cloth;  illustrated  with
          photographs  and  facsimiles.  Contains   76  letters,  6  by
          Whitman. Lower corners bumped. Near Fine               $50.00

            2. KENNEDY,  William  Sloane [WALT WHITMAN].  REMINISCENCES
          OF WALT  WHITMAN  WITH EXTRACTS FROM HIS LETTERS AND  REMARKS
          ON HIS  WRITINGS.  London:  Alexander   Gardner  1896.  First
          Edition.  Brown  and mustard boards. Hinges  reinforced  with
          brown tape;  mild  soiling to covers. Uncommon early book  on
          Whitman. Very Good                                    $100.00

            3. PLATT,  Isaac Hull [WALT WHITMAN]. WALT WHITMAN. Boston:
          Small,  Maynard  & Co. 1904. First Edition. Limp blue  cloth;
          frontispiece  photo of Whitman. An uncommon, relatively early
          biography   published  in  The   Beacon  Biographies  series.
          INSCRIBED  and  SIGNED by the author on the  dedication  page
          which bears  a  printed dedication to Richard Maurice  Bucke:
          "To Miss  Joan  Frayn(?)--/who I am told was a/friend  of  my
          friend/Maurice      Bucke,     with/kindest     regards    of
          the/author./Isaac  Hull  Platt./February 1907."  Someone  has
          written  names  of  several  bookshops   from  the  early  to
          mid-20th  century on the front endpaper. Very Good or better,
          and not too common.                                   $150.00


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