first edition
1841 · New York
by Whitman, Walt
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1841. First edition of this story, 8vo, pp. 32, iv, [3], 516-612; engraved frontispiece portraits of Andrew Jackson and Washington Irving; original printed front wrapper, lower wrapper and spine perished, upper wrapper slightly chipped at edges and reattached, and with small ink-burn hole affecting vignette, previous owner's signature, light annotation in beginning and end of Whitman's story; good. An early Whitman publication. Whitman wrote nine short stories for The Democratic Review during his early career. Bervance was his third, and was not often reprinted. Myerson E33. (Inventory #: 57826)