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books sent —FROM— JNO. S. STOTT, Stationery, Blank Books, AND FANCY GOODS, 244 STATE ST.—CHICAGO.

Ingersoll (1833–1899) gave a "grand speech, never to be forgotten by me" (Whitman's Commonplace Book,

eulogy was published to great acclaim and is considered a classic panegyric (see Phyllis Theroux, The Book

Whitman included the poem in his late collection Good-Bye My Fancy, 1891–1892; the poems in that book

New York, July 20 , '83 1883 A thousand thanks for a beautiful book.

The book included a preface and twelve poems.

For more information on the first edition of Leaves of Grass, see Ed Folsom, Whitman Making Books/Books

Oct 19 1870 Dear Walt— I delivered the book to Mr.

I read this afternoon in the book. I read its first division which I never before read.

It is more to me than all other books and poetry.

idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book

has approached the power and greatness of this book, since the Lear and Hamlet of Shakespeare" (Rufus

Dear Friend Whitman, By the time you get this, I suppose you will have received "The Book of Eden," which

Walt Whitman— My Dear Friend: I enclose a P.O. order for $10, in payment for a copy of your last book

Often called the "workshop" edition, the volume consisted of four separately paginated books stitched

would like to place your new Edition of the "Leaves" on their counter, & sell it as they sell other books

He will be a good man to retail the book: he would also have undertaken to publish & push it but for

The firm was advertised as Whitman's Boston agent in books published in 1871 and 1872.

Often called the "workshop" edition, the volume consisted of four separately paginated books stitched

Piper "a good man to retail the book."

letter to Trowbridge, Whitman announced that he had "engaged in electrotyping a new edition of my book

—I should like to have some such man there—to sell the book on commission, & be agent, depositor, &c—

My Dear Friend, I think I have all of your books (2 or 3 Editions of some) except the last, —specified

I write this because in your card you speak of sending me books , & because I really desire only one.

As the afternoon waned, and he spoke of leaving us, somebody placed a book before the face of the clock

The book he knew best was the Bible, the prophetical parts of which stirred in him a vague desire to

Along with his pail he usually carried a book, between which and his solitary meal he would divide his

Once the book chanced to be a volume of Emerson; and from that time he took with him no other writer.

and discovering that the grave and silent man at a certain desk was the author of a reprehensible book

Whitman's Complete Poems & Prose (1888), a volume Whitman often referred to as the "big book," was published

Frederick Oldach bound the book, which included a profile photo of the poet on the title page.

For more information on the book, see Ed Folsom, Whitman Making Books/Books Making Whitman: A Catalog

I must close now as it is bedtime Mother & Harry say "Remember us to Mr Whitman & tell him that we often

Dear Walt Whitman:— Your book, which is in every way most satisfactory, arrived this morning.

Will induce others to purchase your book if I can.

Whitman also includes his two annexes in the book.

What would have become of the Seventh Book?

The Book, as it stands, has full poetical reason. First, it has a sufficient motive.

The Book is, from beginning to end, a stream of the most beautiful descriptive Poetry that exists.

What should hinder, then, but that this same Seventh Book should have been written in Prose?

The conditio sine quâ non of the Book was the ineffable charm of the Description.

Best known are "One's-Self I Sing," "When I Read the Book," "Me Imperturbe," "I Hear America Singing,

The totalities of man and book are conjectural, never fixed; the whole cannot be known in any complete

In "When I Read the Book" the dispute with the axioms of traditional biography is telling.

The book may be a biography in one mood, "the history of the future" in another, a substantial reality

The Evolution of Walt Whitman: The Creation of a Book. Trans. Roger Asselineau and Burton L.

New York: Basic Books, 1984. Poetic Theory

All other books seem to me weak and unworthy my attention.

My friend Baxter sent us his copy of your big book with notes, one or two, from you, pasted in.

Whitman's Complete Poems & Prose (1888), a volume Whitman often referred to as the "big book," was published

Frederick Oldach bound the book, which included a profile photo of the poet on the title page.

For more information on the book, see Ed Folsom, Whitman Making Books/Books Making Whitman: A Catalog

Very respectfully yours Joseph Harris to Walt Whitman, 5 September 1864

envelope and used the blank inside to draft a poetry manuscript with the title "America to Old-World Books

In the 1870s, Whitman frequently went to Scovel's home for Sunday breakfast (Whitman's Commonplace Book

eulogy was published to great acclaim and is considered a classic panegyric (see Phyllis Theroux, The Book

Whitman recorded in his Commonplace Book that the lecture was "a noble, (very eulogistic to WW & L of

speech itself was published in New York by the Truth Seeker Company in 1890 (Whitman's Commonplace Book

Whitman, will you write your name in "The Leaves of Grass" I am sending by this post, I have had the book

My Dear Walt Whitman: I thank you more than I can say for your autograph in my book, and also for the

Vistas.Whitman received a payment from Trübner through Josiah Child on June 9, 1879, and an order for books

Probably the payment amounted to $24.50, since in making a tally of the books in Trübner's possession

At a later date Whitman added to this entry, "all paid in full" (Commonplace Book, Charles E.

I have two of your books, Leaves of Grass, and Two Rivulets ; they have been a light to my steps, these

The book, as one critic of the The New York Daily Tribune wrote, consisted of an "intertwining of the

refuge T ( ,) in Wooton, Staffordshire, England, and wrote this frivolous, chattering, repulsive, book

Dry Goods store at present there isnt any clerk but one but we expect to have more soon I have those books

It is a good institution if I can judge by the Book Keepers here in the City that have been through the

I think I can keep Books in any business that may be brought on the carpet Now Mr Whitman if you could

get me a situation as Book Keeper or Clerk in the Paymaster department or some other good place if you

New York: Basic Books, 1984. Grey, Ellen

apologized for not having had the time to get the clothes, and he sent along his thanks to Whitman for a book

.: University Books, 1966.Carpenter, Edward. Days with Walt Whitman.

ArnieKantrowitzStafford, Harry Lamb [1858-1918]Stafford, Harry Lamb [1858-1918]Harry Stafford was only

Stafford, Harry Lamb [1858-1918]

KarenKarbienerLong Island DemocratLong Island Democrat"Yes: I would write a book!"

G. in one of his books. Of the 'Grashalme' I, so far, rec'd only one copy, but expect some more.

I hope, the book will be received favorably by the critics.

and apparently liked the critic's work on Leaves of Grass—Whitman even had Sarrazin's chapter on his book

You will receive a copy of the book in due time. J.

Adolf Strodtmann has a few translations of your smaller poems in his book "Amerikanische Anthologie"

Bucke's book and was greatly delighted with it.

In this book a whole chapter (about 20 printed pages) will be devoted to your poetry.

"This is no book Who touches this, touches a man" I feel it. I know it.

Burroughs would write several books involving or devoted to Whitman's work: Notes on Walt Whitman, as

But you mustn't think I wholly like your book.

It contained several selections from the book which induced a feeling of utter bewilderment.

of indiscriminate eulogy, or has confined itself to a condemnation of the glaring vulgarity of the book

There is still considerable curiosity about him and his book, and some sort of settled opinion should

Has the author ever stated in intelligible English the purpose of his book?

We are attempting this in part because Whitman's writings defy the constraints of the book.

appearing in a periodical; corrected page proofs; and various printed versions of the poem appearing in books

We also offer the only comprehensive current bibliography of work—including books, essays, notes, and

Cambridge obliged us, I suppose, because they didn't actually own the material they had printed in book

One publicity person said that we are, in effect, unlocking the doors of locked-up rare book rooms.

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 .

usually hope to have only a few black and white illustrations in a book.

Should address books, shopping and laundry lists be included?

an online edition of the book documents with links to our image edition.

Print runs for a book of literary criticism are now rarely more than 1,000 copies, if that.

The Fluid Text: A Theory of Revision and Editing for Book and Screen .

Clearly, this is a highly significant book.

That final authorized printing of Whitman’s book is in fact presented twice in the New York University

, set some of the type, distributed the book, and anonymously reviewed it.

It is easier, frankly, to exclude contributions made by book designers, copyeditors, typesetters, and

This is in sharp contrast to a book published fifty years ago and deposited in a library.

To Whitman—certain that the real war would never get in the books—it was the forgotten people rather

renowned critic Lawrence Buell recently described the first edition of as the single most original book

We differ from the NYUP edition also in stressing the material objects, typically books and manuscripts

Whitman's poetry in periodicals. 2008: Whitman's annotated copies of 1855 and 1860 (the so-called "blue book

have been developed by the Text Creation Partnership (TCP) from microfilm images of Early English Books

The Whitman Archive doesn’t have even a basic 'guest book' feature where users can enter comments."

In his own time Whitman had what he called several “official buffetings”: his book was censored, literally

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Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871