MC 49

Box 1:
Folders:

Engraving of Whitman, 5" x 8"
"Ah, Not This Granite Dead and Cold," final proof, Feb.,1885
Notes on Walt Whitman, As Poet and Person, by John Burroughs, 2nd. Ed., 1871 proof signature
"Foreign Criticisms on an American Poet"--1 page about Whitman
Proof sheets from November Boughs, 1889:
- "What Lurks Behind Shakspere's Plays?"
- "Some War Memoranda"
- "Abraham Lincoln"
- "The Bible as Poetry"
Presentation page from "Memoranda During the War," 1871 (Rememberance Copy with Personal Note)
Engraving of Whitman, with facsimile signature and four line quote from Leaves of Grass
"My Book and I," proof signature from magazine article
"During the War," proof signature
Facsimile of the original Emerson letter exhibited on the occasion of the Grolier Club's visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg, Detroit, Michigan, May 3, 1963.
Mounted photograph of Whitman, taken by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, 1873?, 6" x 9"
"Walt Whitman on Abraham Lincoln," program from the lecture, April 15, 1886 at the Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadelphia
Advertisement cards:
- For Complete Poems & Prose, 4.5" x 4"
- For Leaves of Grass, and Specimen Days and Collect, 3.75" x 2.25"
Facsimile of letter from Whitman to Dr. Johnston
Program and menu from Whitman's seventieth birthday, May 31, 1889, Morgan's Hall, Camden, NJ.
Advertisement page for Complete Poems and Prose, Leaves of Grass, and Portraits from Life, with Autobiographical Note on back.
Robert Ingersoll lecture at Horticultural Hall, Oct. 21, 1890:
- Playbill, 5.75" x 5.75"
- Ticket number 1374, 4" x 1.5"
- Ticket, 3.5" x 2.25"
Envelopes used by Whitman when he was a member of the U.S. Christian Commission as a nurse in the Civil War:
- Return address: Walt Whitman, Camden, New Jersey
- Return address: U.S. Christian Commission, Office in Washington, D.C., 343 Pennsylvania Avenue
"You Lingering Sparse Leaves of Me," and "After the Supper and Talk," 1888, proof sheets
Engraving of Whitman, 5.5" x 8"
49th Congress, House of Representatives, Report No. 3856 to accompany Bill H.R. 10707 for the relief of Walt Whitman
Tributes to William Carlyle and Thomas Jefferson Whitman:
- "The Dead Carlyle," one column
- "An Engineer's Obituary" (from The Engineering Record NY, Dec. 13, 1890), for his brother, one column
Walt Whitman's Poetic Platform, proof sheet about Whitman's article, "The Poetry of the Future"
"Shakespeare for America," offprint, Poet-Lore, Sept. 15, 1890
Leaves of Grass, title signature, 1888 Ed.
"Souvenirs of Democracy," proof sheet
"Shakspere-Bacon's Cipher," proof sheet, correction fourth line by Whitman
Intercalations used in Centennial Edition of Leaves of Grass, 1876
American Transcendental Quarterly #12, Fall 1971, Part 1
ditto, Part 2

Oversize:

2 stereoscopic photographs of Whitman, Sept. 1872, in wooden frame, 16.5" x 13.5"
Cover page of Leaves of Grass, Author's Edition, Camden, NJ, 1876, and photograph of Whitman, Sept. 1872, Brooklyn, NY, by G.F.E. Pearsall together in a wooden frame, 16" x 12.5"
Walt Whitman Books poster, 23.5" x 18"
Framed engraving of Whitman, from frontispiece of the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, 7" x 9"
Framed engraving of Whitman, 8.5" x 11.5"
Poem Describing a Perfect School, frames, 10" x 17.5"

Whitman Books shelved in Special Collections:

AS 36 I3849 no. 26 1951
Whitman, Walt.
Whitman and Rolleston: a correspondence / edited with an introduction and notes by Horst Frenz. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1951. (Indiana University Publications, humanities series; no. 26)

E 457.9 W618 1923
Whitman, Walt.
Memories of Lincoln. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Co., 1923.

E 457.9 W62 1912
Whitman, Walt.
Memories of President Lincoln. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1912.

M 1533 G4 S3 1953
Geoffray, César.
Salut au Monde: cantate pour chœurs chantés et parles à voix mixtes et a voix égales avec instruments à vent sûr un texte adapté librement de poèmes de Walt Whitman / par Raphael Passaquet ; musique de César Geoffray. Vocal score. Paris: Les Presses d’Île-de-France, c1953.

PS 3201 1872
Whitman, Walt
Leaves of Grass. Washington, DC ; New York: Smith & McDougal, 1872.

PS 3201 1881
Whitman, Walt
Leaves of Grass. Boston: J.R. Osgood; 1881-82.

PS 3201 1882
Whitman, Walt
Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: Ress Welsh, 1882.

PS 3201 1883
Whitman, Walt
Leaves of Grass. Glasgow: Wilson & McCormick, 1883.

PS 3201 1884
Whitman, Walt
Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: D. McKay, 1884.

PS 3201 1888
Whitman, Walt
Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia. D. McKay, c1888.

PS 3201 1889
Whitman, Walt
Gems from Walt Whitman / selected by Elizabeth Porter Gould. Philadelphia: D. McKay, 1889.

PS 3201 1900
Whitman, Walt
Walt Whitman’s poems. Girard, Kansas.: Appeal to Reason, c1900.

PS 3201 1900a
Whitman, Walt.
Leaves of Grass: Including a Facsimile Autobiography, Variorum Readings of the Poems and a Department of Gathered Leaves / Walt Whitman. Philadelphia: D. McKay; c1900.

PS 3201 1900b
Whitman, Walt.
Leaves of Grass / Walt Whitman. New York: H.M. Caldwell, 1900.

PS 3201 1909
Whitman, Walt.
Leaves of Grass / by Walt Whitman. London; New York: Cassell, 1909.

PS 3201 1913
Whitman, Walt.
Poems from Leaves of Grass / by Walt Whitman; the Coloured Illustrations by Margaret C. Cook. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. ; New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1913.

PS 3201 1924
Whitman, Walt.
Poems of Walt Whitman / Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Nelson Antrim Crawford. Girard, Kansas : Haldeman-Julius Co., c1924.

PS 3201 K4 1926
Kennedy, William Sloane.
The Fight of a Book for the World: A Companion Volume to Leaves of Grass / William Sloane Kennedy. West Yarmouth, Mass.: Stonecraft Press, 1926.

PS 3202 1888
Whitman, Walt.
Democratic Vistas and Other Papers / by Walt Whitman. London: W. Scott, 1888.

PS 3203 M3
Whitman, Walt.
The Half-Breed: and other Stories / by Walt Whitman; Now First Collected by Thomas Ollive Mabbott; Woodcuts by Allen Lewis. New York: Columbia University Press, 1927.

PS 3203 R8 G44 1956
Whitman, Walt.
Opere Alese / Walt Whitman; Traducere Si Prezentare de Mihnea Gheorghiu. Bucharest: Editura di Stat pentru Literatura si Arta, 1956.

PS 3204 M3 1926
Whitman, Walt.
The Wisdom of Walt Whitman / Selected and Edited, with introduction by Laurens Maynard. New York: Brentano’s, 1926.

PS 3204 W5 1900z
Whitman, Walt.
Twenty-three Poems / Walt Whitman; selected by Gwen Williams; with estimates by R.W. Emerson, R.L. Stevenson, etc. London: Athenaeum Literature Dept., 19--.

PS 3205 F7 B3 1914
Whitman, Walt.
Poèmes de Walt Whitman / version Française de Léon Bazalgette. Paris: F.Rieder & Cie, 1914.

PS 3205 G4 J3 1920
Whitman, Walt.
Grashalme / Walt Whitman; mit 13 Orginallithographien von Willi Jaeckel. Berlin: E. Reiss, 1920?

PS 3205 I8 G3
Whitman, Walt.
Foglie di Erba: Con le Due Aggiunte e Gli "Echi della Vecchiaia" Dell’edizione del 1900 / Versione di Luigi Gamberale. Milano: R. Sandron, 1907.

PS 3214 A1 1891
Whitman, Walt.
Good-bye My Fancy: 2nd Annex to Leaves of Grass. Philadelphia: D. McKay, 1891.

PS 3217 A1 1889
Whitman, Walt.
November Boughs / by Walt Whitman. Paisley: A.Gardner, 1889.

PS 3220 A1 1883
Whitman, Walt.
Specimen Days & Collect / by Walt Whitman. Glasgow: Wilson & McCormick, 1883.

PS 3220 A1 1887
Whitman, Walt.
Specimen Days in America / by Walt Whitman.— Newly Revised by the Author, with Fresh Preface and Additional Note. London: W. Scott, 1887.

PS 3222 A28 1871
Whitman, Walt.
After all, Not to Create only / Recited by Walt Whitman on Invitation of Managers, America Institute, on opening their 40th Annual Exhibition, New York, noon, September 7, 1871. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.

PS 3222 C7 1924
Whitman, Walt.
Criticism: An Unpublished Essay / by Walt Whitman. Amenia, NY : Privately Printed at the Troutbeck Press, 1924.

PS 3222 P7
Whitman, Walt.
Prose Nature Notes/ Walt Whitman. Girard, Kansas : Haldeman-Julius Company, 19--.

PS 3222 S6 1904
Whitman, Walt.
Song of Myself. . . / Walt Whitman. East Aurora NY : Done into print by the Roycrofters, 1904.

PS 3222 T8
Whitman, Walt
Two Rivulets: Including Democratic Vistas, Centennial Songs, and Passage into India. Author’s ed. Camden, NJ, 1876.

PS 3231 A1 C38 1903
Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Letters, and Manuscripts Written by Walt Whitman: in the Library of George M. Williamson, Grand View on Hudson. Jamaica, NY : The Marion Press; New York: Dodd, Mean & Co., 1903.

PS 3231 A1 W37 1955
Walt Whitman: A Catalog Based Upon the Collections of the Library of Congress: with Notes on Whitman Collections and Collectors. Washington, DC: Library of Congress Reference Department, 1955.

PS 3231 A5 1892
Whitman, Walt
Autobiographia: or, the Story of a Life / by Walt Whitman. New York: C.L. Webster, 1892.

PS 3231 F4 1955
Feinberg, Charles E.
Walt Whitman, a selection of the manuscripts, books, and association items / Gathered by Charles E. Feinberg. Detroit: Detroit Public Library, 1955.

PS 3231 H4 1924
Hamblen, Emily S.
Walt Whitman, Bard of the West/ Emily S. Hamblen. Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Co., c1924.

PS 3231 S8 1893
Symonds, John Addington.
Walt Whitman, a Study/ by John Addington Symonds. London: Nimmo, 1893.

PS 3231 T5 1910
Thomson, James.
Walt Whitman, The Man and the Poet / by James Thomson ("E.V."): with an introduction by Bertram Dobell. London: The Editor, 1910.

PS 3232 J6 1917
Johnston, John.
Visits to Walt Whitman in 1890-1891/ by two Lancashire Friends, J. Johnston, MD and J.W. Wallace. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1917.

PS 3233 H3 1895
Hartmann, Sadakichi.
Conversations with Walt Whitman / by Sadakichi. New York: E.P. Coby & Co., 1895.

PS 3235 T65 1892
At the Graveside of Walt Whitman, Harleigh, Camden, New Jersey, March 30th, and Sprigs of Lilac / Edited by Horace L. Traubel. Philadelphia: Billstein & Son, 1892.

PS 3238 L4 1916
Legler, Henry Eduard.
Walt Whitman, Yesterday & Today by Henry Eduard Legler. Chicago: Brothers of the Book, 1916.

PS 3238 O35 1930
O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold.
Alias Walt Whitman/ by Harvey O’Higgins. Newark, NJ: Carteret Book Club, 1930, c1929.

Z 8971.5 A6
American Library in London.
Walt Whitman: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at the American Library, London, March-April 1954. London: United States Information Service, 1954.

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