Walt Whitman, The Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman, SIGNED, 1889 VG

Whitman, Walt, The Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman 1855 …1888, Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.)…Portraits from Life…Autograph, Camden, New Jersey: Walt Whitman, 1888, unnumbered Very Good hardcover 4to, 5 ½” x 7 ½”, [8]+ 5408 pp.

Very Good tall quarto with original binding, marbled boards, quarter-bound in green pebbled cloth, off-white label to spine. Whitman’s signature on title page, illustrated title page in coated paper, and tissue-guarded engraving of Whitman between pages 28 and 29. Unnumbered presentation copy issued before February 1889 prior to the release of the limited edition of 600. An ambitious collection of Whitman's work overseeen by his biographer and dear friend Horace Traubel. One of Whitman’s final publications which he considered to be his life's work. Contains Leaves of Grass; the Glasgow 1883 edition of Specimen Days & Collect, the 1888 version of November Boughs and "Note at Beginning" and "Note at End." Myerson, A.27.m

Provenance: From the collection of the Franklin and Marion Craig Wentworth Family, Oroville, CA.

Condition notes: chipping and soiling to spine label, bumping and fraying to head and tail, bruised upper tips, minor splitting to back endpaper, hinge starting, textblock sturdy, overall a very handsome copy.