The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman; Oscar Lovell Triggs, et al., ed. THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF WALT WHITMAN. (10) vols. (complete). New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Knickerbocker Press, 1902. Paumanok edition; no. 181 of 300 sets. Printed on Ruisdael hand-made paper. Gilt-tooled green morocco, rebacked in early 21st century, spines with three leather labels and gilt-lettering and compartments within four raised bands, with marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with other edges uncut. Large 8vo; Leaves of Grass (3) vols. and Prose Works (7) vols. Each with color frontispiece and title page, individual title page, and illustrated with three additional plates; all plates with captioned tissued guard. First volume of Leaves of Grass with biography of Whitman; second volume of Leaves of Grass with fold-out facsimile. BAL 21454C; Myerson B4(4).

Each 9 1/2 x 7 in.

A Private North Carolina Collection

Boards with toning, dry cracking and chipping to leather, repairs, occasional light scuffing, and with some spine labels curling slightly at edges; one with rubbing along edge of lower board; light wear to top edge gilt; hinges with occasional light wear and most with matching repairs; frequent wear to endpapers with occasional small losses, tears, and one free endpaper detached; interiors with light toning, occasional grime, infrequent foxing, and rare small stain or minor repair, pages overall extremely clean; final volume with offsetting on several pages from item previously laid in loose, and one volume with corner wear to text block. A handsome set of this rare edition.