Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts

Walt Whitman Handbook.

ALLEN, Gay Wilson.

Chicago: Packard and Company, 1946. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. xviii, 560pp. Very good. Item #38088

A tight and handsome first edition of this essential reference by the famed Whitman authority and "Solitary Singer: A Critical Biography of Walt Whitman" author (1903-95). A decorative-edged archival bookplate signed boldly by him in full in turquoise fineline graces the front flyleaf. Interestingly, this sharp copy hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate.

Price: $75.00