Autobiographia; Or The Story of a Life
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [4], v-vii, [3], 11-205, [1], [8] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Blue-green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, blue lettering and decorations on the front board and spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece photograph of Whitman's home in Camden. Part of the Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series edited by Arthur Stedman. BAL 21639. The first issue of Whitman's life in his own words, and a nice copy. Very Good+. Item #00009553
A Very Good+ book with a few occasional, small dog-ears and an early twentieth century bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown (W.H. Lowdermilk & Co. of Washington, D.C.).
Price: $300.00