Title: American Bard. Being the Preface to the First Edition of Leaves of Grass, Now Restored to its Native Verse Rhythms and Presented as a Living Poem Author: Whitman, Walt Place: [Santa Cruz] Publisher: Lime Kiln Press Date: 1981 Description: Illustrated with 2 woodcuts by William Everson. 16½x11¾, ¾ gilt-ruled slate-gray pigskin and raw India silk over boards, cloth & buckram slipcase; bound by the Schuberth Bindery. No. 72 of 115 copies of which 100 were for sale, printed under the direction of William Everson. Signed by Everson in the colophon. This was Everson's final offering as Master Printer of the Lime Kiln Press, and the only book of his long career which he both printed and illustrated. Handset in Goudy Newstyle type, with Castellar initials in red and blue, printed on paper specially made for this edition by Imago Handpaper Mill. The book was an immediate success, and sold out at the publication party at the University of California, Santa Cruz. 2 copies of the prospectus laid in. With the original styrofoam and cardboard packaging material. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine Item number: 180786
Title: American Bard. Being the Preface to the First Edition of Leaves of Grass, Now Restored to its Native Verse Rhythms and Presented as a Living Poem Author: Whitman, Walt Place: [Santa Cruz] Publisher: Lime Kiln Press Date: 1981 Description: Illustrated with 2 woodcuts by William Everson. 16½x11¾, ¾ gilt-ruled slate-gray pigskin and raw India silk over boards, cloth & buckram slipcase; bound by the Schuberth Bindery. No. 72 of 115 copies of which 100 were for sale, printed under the direction of William Everson. Signed by Everson in the colophon. This was Everson's final offering as Master Printer of the Lime Kiln Press, and the only book of his long career which he both printed and illustrated. Handset in Goudy Newstyle type, with Castellar initials in red and blue, printed on paper specially made for this edition by Imago Handpaper Mill. The book was an immediate success, and sold out at the publication party at the University of California, Santa Cruz. 2 copies of the prospectus laid in. With the original styrofoam and cardboard packaging material. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine Item number: 180786
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