Accession number
PML 251247
Creator
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Published
Chicago : Black Cat Press, 1962.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Title printed in red and black; vignette of Lincoln's portrait printed in red on opposite page with publisher.
"A lecture delivered by Walt Whitman on the anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln, April 14, first in New York 1879; in Philadelphia 1880; in Boston 1881. The text here from the first book printing in ʻSpecimen Days & Collect, ' ̓Rees Welch & Co., Philadelphia, 1882"--Page [v].
"Printed in a limited edition ... Illustrations by Ralph Frederick were reproduced on copper from original drawings. Designed by E. Willis Jones. Typography and production by Norman Forgue"--Printer's note.
Housed in box labelled Black Cat Press / Norman W. Forgue.
"A lecture delivered by Walt Whitman on the anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln, April 14, first in New York 1879; in Philadelphia 1880; in Boston 1881. The text here from the first book printing in ʻSpecimen Days & Collect, ' ̓Rees Welch & Co., Philadelphia, 1882"--Page [v].
"Printed in a limited edition ... Illustrations by Ralph Frederick were reproduced on copper from original drawings. Designed by E. Willis Jones. Typography and production by Norman Forgue"--Printer's note.
Housed in box labelled Black Cat Press / Norman W. Forgue.
Description
xiv, 53 pages : color illustrations ; 72 mm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Full black calf with vignette of smoking gun encircled by wreath stamped in gilt on front; spine stamped in gilt; all edges gilded; black, rust and mustard marbled endpapers.
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