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Signed by Walt Whitman

WHITMAN, WALT

As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free, and Other Poems

Washington, D.C. : Walt Whitman, 1872
  • $7,500.00

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY WHITMAN.

“As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free”, before becoming the final addition to the final edition of Leaves of Grass, was published independently by Whitman in 1872, twenty years before the poet’s death. The title poem was written as a commencement for Dartmouth College as one of the few pieces Whitman recited publicly.

With large Whitman signature across title page. Octavo, original dark green cloth; custom half-morocco box. Minor discoloration to pastedowns. a little fraying to spine ends and corners.