whitman walt edward weston mark (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Limited Editions Club, Inc., New York, 1942. First edition thus. First printing thus. Two volumes in slipcase. Near-fine copies in a near-fine slipcase. A clean copy, with small, neat bookseller plate on lower corner of front pastedowns of both volumes. Note: Wear to extremities of both copies and slipcase (as pictured). Slight must odor. This copy is #1004, of just 1500, of the limited edition signed by Weston, the photographer, on the colophon of Volume II (as pictured). A beautiful, rare copy. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1942. 2 Volumes. Xxix + 264 pgs. Illustrated with 49 photographs. Number #536 of a limited edition of 1500 copies, Signed by Edward Weston at the colophon in Volume 2. Lacking the slipcase. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards are scuffed and worn to the extremities; edges of the spines are chipped). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (18191892). Though the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his death. This resulted in vastly different editions over four decadesthe first a small book of twelve poems and the last a compilation of over 400 poems. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition; Limited edtion. B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 264 pages; [SIGNED] 1942 The Limited Editions Club. 2 volumes, oversize 4to in publisher's slipcase. #605 of 1500 copies issued, signed by Edward Weston on the limitation leaf at rear of Vol II. Soundly bound in original toned photo illustrated paper covered boards with leather title labels to spines. Light/moserate shelf rubbing to edges of leather spine labels and just mild shelf rub to paper over boards at spine ends and corner tips. Publisher's brown cloth covered slipace a little shelf rubbed at edges and with some mild silverfish predation patchiness to edges; paper title label to closed end is lightly rubbed at edges. Illustrated with 49 Weston photographs made for this issue of Leaves, printed in half-tone on coated stock. Mild shelf tap to lower front corner of slipcase and boards. A little worn but sound and clean in original slipcase. A significant and important example of the modern illustrated book. Sigend by Weston. VG- thus . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Illustrator Hardcover 2 volumes in slipcase.