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    Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. Limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which ...

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    Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. Limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which this is number 428, signed by photographer Edward Weston.

    Two small folio volumes. xxix, 123; 124-264 pages, plus Alphabetical Index of Titles. With an introduction by Mark Van Doren. Specially commissioned photographs by Edward Weston, "made in an extensive tour of Democratic America" in the years 1941 and 1942. LEC prospectus laid in.

    Original green decorative paper boards with brown leather spine labels stamped in gilt. Light wear to extremities and rubbing to leather labels. A very good copy in scuffed and rubbed original brown cloth slipcase.

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