Leaves of grass /
Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Category
Books
Date
1907
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3196241
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 455, [1] p. : front. (port.) ; 20 cm. Loosely inserted cutting: Walt Whitman, by Sydney Grew, The Musical Times, June 1, 1919, pp.283-4; inscribed: "I am glad I kept this - worth preserving for you to read - Christopher - December 1945". Provenance: endpaper inscribed "Vita. From Christopher Christmas - 1945." [i.e. Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) from Christopher St. John [née Christabel Marshall] (1871-1960)]. Binding: twentieth-century crushed green morocco; gold tooled with floral and foliate motif; gold tooled spine and turn-ins; all edges gold. Patterned paper endpapers. Stamped on rear turn-in: WHS.
Makers and roles
Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)