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Democratic Vistas and Other Papers
Walt Whitman
1888
Walter Scott : London
7" by 5"
175pp.
SUMMARY
The first UK edition of this highly influential political work by Walt Whitman.
First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,Uncommon
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
Part of The Camelot Series.
The first UK edition, first published in the USA in 1871.
Many pages remain uncut, including the title page.
With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work.
Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. Democratic Vistas is considered an early example of comparative politics. The work was written whilst Whitman was working as a government clerk. Whitman argued that literature was the key to the political moral crisis. Whitman was considered rather controversial in his time with many unhappy with the overt sexuality present within his work, particularly his collection of poetry 'Leaves of Grass'.
CONDITION
In the original blue cloth binding. Externally very smart with bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Slight sunning to the spine. A few light marks to the boards.Bookplate of one 'Josephine Dockar Drysdale' to front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Many pages remain uncut, including the title page. Pages generally bright and clean with just some marginal age toning and the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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