first edition Hardcover
1844 · New York
by (WHITMAN, Walt; et. al.)
New York: Israel Post, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing; some rubbing to the binding with a chip at the heel of the spine. Very Good. Contemporary brown leather-backed cloth with decorative gilt rules, gilt-decorated and lettered spine, and a black morocco label on the front cover with the owner's name--Jannette E. Cook--in gilt. The first 6 issues of this important American magazine containing two stories by Walt Whitman (here referred to as Walter Whitman) titled "Eris: A Spirit Record" and "Dumb Kate -- An Early Death." Illustrated with steel engravings. (Inventory #: 019332)