Walt Whitman
Lafayette in Brooklyn
George D. Smith
1905
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A first edition copy of Walt Whitman's Lafayette in Brooklyn.
- Walt Whitman (American).
- With an introduction by John Burroughs.
- New York: George D. Smith, 1905.
- Octavo.
- Includes a frontispiece portrait, folding facsimile of manuscript and portrait of Lafayette.
- Copy number 143 of 235 copies on American handmade paper from an edition of 250 copies
- Signed by George D. Smith on the limitation page.
- Bound in original boards, printed paper label on upper cover and spine.
Uncommon publication of Whitman’s recollections on seeing Lafayette at the Brooklyn ferry in 1825, from an undated manuscript: “I was taken up by Lafayette and held a moment — I remember that he pressed my cheek with a kiss as he set me down.”
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Very GoodWith bookplate.
Minor signs of age and wear.
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