WHITMAN, Walt; SELZNICK, Brian. Live Oak, with Moss. Abrams Comic Arts, 2019. First edition, first printing; 1-10 number line stated on copyright at rear. Very good+ in thick printed paper over boards and gilt-tipped page ends. Minor wear to edges and corners, scuffing, and bumping to covers and spine ends. Slight wave to page ends. As he was turning forty, Whitman wrote twelve poems in a small handmade book entitled “Live Oak, with Moss.” These poems are intensely private reflections on Whitman’s attraction to and affection for other men and his most adventurous explorations on the theme of same sex love. Illustrated by Brian Selznick. Afterword by Karen Karbiener. 167pp + facsimiles of the author’s original manuscripts. Shipped USPS Media Mail.