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Whitman did not just write his book, he made his book, and he made it over and over again, each time
Each edition of is essentially a different book, not just another version of the same book.
Potter (fig. 50).
Potter.
Working again with Harry Bonsall at the Printing Office in Camden, Whitman had the book in print by December
Whitman Making Books/Books Making Whitman: A Catalog and Commentary, by Ed Folsom, was published by the
Rights to the electronic edition are held by the author.The print edition of Whitman Making Books/Books
"this is no book, / Who touches this touches a man" [ , 505]).
He knew how to set type, and he knew how books were printed and bound.
Late in his life, Whitman noted how "I sometimes find myself more interested in book making than in book
writing . . . the way books are made—that always excites my curiosity: the way books are written—that
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
and fifty years ago, a little-known poet chose a small print house in Brooklyn to print his first book
The poet was Walt Whitman and the book was Leaves of Grass .
By the time of Whitman's death, the small book had gone through eight editions and grown fivefold in
On the sesquicentennial of the book's publication, has undergone another significant change, moving from
From the very beginning, Whitman foresaw a grand scale for the book.
of Matthew Cohen's undergraduate English students have never ventured into Duke University's Rare Book
The author of two monographs and editor of two books on the poet, and co-director of the , Price considers
"To go to one place when you're working on a poem or a book, search and find all the manuscripts for
What has set Whitman scholars abuzz is that the original order would have ended the book with a slave
Genoways, who is finishing a book on Whitman and the Civil War, considers the unified guide an amazing
Some sites provide miniature lessons in collecting Whitman or in History of the Book scholarship; some
We also plan to offer online some full-length critical books for which we have secured copyright.
We'll start with books written or edited by the staff.
I expect we will want to present additional books as time, money, and copyright allow.
Whitman used pens and pencils, paper and magazines, type and books to create .