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WHITMAN ON THE 1882 SUPPRESSED LEAVES OF GRASS. WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892. Autograph Letter Signe...
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WHITMAN ON THE 1882 SUPPRESSED LEAVES OF GRASS. WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892. Autograph Letter Signed ('Walt Whitman') to John Burroughs providing detailed information on the 1882 Rees Welsh edition of Leaves of Grass, and his 'prose jumble' Specimen Days, 2 pp, 202 x 135 mm, Camden, 'Evn'g,' August 13, [1882,] with original autograph transmittal envelope. Provenance: Dr. Clara Barrus, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, April 29, 1931, lot 198; Estelle Doheny Collection (from Barnet J. Beyer, May 27, 1931); sold, her sale, Christies, New York, February 21, 1989, lot 2209; sold (anonymous consignor), Christie's, New York, December 14, 2000, lot 180. AN IMPORTANT LETTER DETAILING THE PRINTING OF HIS 'SUPPRESSED' BOOK, THE REES WELSH 1882 EDITION FROM OSGOOD'S PLATES. With Osgood's cancellation of the 1881 expanded Leaves of Grass, Whitman had purchased the plates and begun printing copies at his own expense (now called the 'Author's Edition'), noting here that he 'found it vexatious from the start.' He continues, '... having quite vehement proposals from Rees Welsh, (2d hand book dealer & law book publisher) 23 South 9th St. Phila. I pass'd the use of the plates into his hands—he printed it (the plates are here in Phila) an exact copy of the Osgood edition—Welsh's first edition (a cautious 1000) was ready ab't three weeks ago & was exhausted in a day—the second came in ab't five days ago, & is now nearly gone—a third is ordered—I am glad I let him have it....' Interestingly, the controversy surrounding the Osgood edition, and William O'Connor's (and others) vigorous defense of Whitman's book, had given Whitman some of the best sales in his career. O'Connor's support helped heal the rift that had occurred in their relationship 10 years earlier, which Whitman also references here. Whitman discusses his Specimen Days, published later in 1882. His offhanded description of its creation, 'throwing together a prose jumble,' belies the importance of the work to his writing. Whitman's closest attempt at autobiography, Specimen Days 'attempts to link Whitman's life history to national and natural history while presenting itself as the casual reminiscence of a man approaching death' (Hutchinson & Drews, 'Specimen Days [1882],' The Walt Whitman Archive). The informal nature of the work allows Whitman to tie his episodic depiction of the events of his life to the epic events that transformed the 19th-century. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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WHITMAN ON THE 1882 SUPPRESSED LEAVES OF GRASS. WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892. Autograph Letter Signed ('Walt Whitman') to John Burroughs providing detailed information on the 1882 Rees Welsh edition of Leaves of Grass, and his 'prose jumble' Specimen Days, 2 pp, 202 x 135 mm, Camden, 'Evn'g,' August 13, [1882,] with original autograph transmittal envelope. Provenance: Dr. Clara Barrus, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, April 29, 1931, lot 198; Estelle Doheny Collection (from Barnet J. Beyer, May 27, 1931); sold, her sale, Christies, New York, February 21, 1989, lot 2209; sold (anonymous consignor), Christie's, New York, December 14, 2000, lot 180. AN IMPORTANT LETTER DETAILING THE PRINTING OF HIS 'SUPPRESSED' BOOK, THE REES WELSH 1882 EDITION FROM OSGOOD'S PLATES. With Osgood's cancellation of the 1881 expanded Leaves of Grass, Whitman had purchased the plates and begun printing copies at his own expense (now called the 'Author's Edition'), noting here that he 'found it vexatious from the start.' He continues, '... having quite vehement proposals from Rees Welsh, (2d hand book dealer & law book publisher) 23 South 9th St. Phila. I pass'd the use of the plates into his hands—he printed it (the plates are here in Phila) an exact copy of the Osgood edition—Welsh's first edition (a cautious 1000) was ready ab't three weeks ago & was exhausted in a day—the second came in ab't five days ago, & is now nearly gone—a third is ordered—I am glad I let him have it....' Interestingly, the controversy surrounding the Osgood edition, and William O'Connor's (and others) vigorous defense of Whitman's book, had given Whitman some of the best sales in his career. O'Connor's support helped heal the rift that had occurred in their relationship 10 years earlier, which Whitman also references here. Whitman discusses his Specimen Days, published later in 1882. His offhanded description of its creation, 'throwing together a prose jumble,' belies the importance of the work to his writing. Whitman's closest attempt at autobiography, Specimen Days 'attempts to link Whitman's life history to national and natural history while presenting itself as the casual reminiscence of a man approaching death' (Hutchinson & Drews, 'Specimen Days [1882],' The Walt Whitman Archive). The informal nature of the work allows Whitman to tie his episodic depiction of the events of his life to the epic events that transformed the 19th-century. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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