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Rare Walt Whitman Broadside Designed For Himself

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
Rare Walt Whitman Broadside Designed For Himself
<Our item number 140730><B>[Whitman, Walt] Advertising Broadside Designed by Whitman.</B> Attractive printed broadside designed by Whitman, advertising his own works in bookstores, 24 x 30 in., on paper, n.p., c.1872. In part: &#34;Walt Whitman&#39;s Books…Leaves of Grass…Democratic Vistas…After All Not to Create Only… As A Strong Bird on Pinions Free…&#34; Also, John Burroughs&#39; &#34;Notes On Walt Whitman As Poet And Person.&#34; Fine except for several edge tears, all outside border surrounding text. BAL volume.9, sec.IV, p.98 - First and only recorded edition; apparently some were printed on linen. <BR><BR>After leaving school at a young age, Whitman worked as an apprentice and printer&#39;s devil for the weekly Long Island newspaper, The Patriot. At various times in his career he worked as a compositor, a typesetter, and an editor, and even ran his own newspaper, the Long Islander, for less than a year. The influence of the author in his own typographical designs is boldly apparent on the present broad side. A rare Whitman item, present in the Library of Congress but usually lacking in most collections. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;2,500 - 3,500. <BR><BR>Our item number 140730<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140730.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>