Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Reproduction of an engraved portrait of Walt Whitman as an elderly man, wearing hat and coat. Includes a reproduction of Whitman's autograph below the image.

Reproduction of a engraved portrait of Walt Whitman in middle-age. Executed by Stephen Alonzo Schoff after an original portrait by Charles Hine. Used in the 1860 edition of "Leaves of Grass".

Printed poems include: "Old Age's Lambent Peaks", "A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine", and "To Get the Final Lilt of Songs".

Announcement postcard, unaddressed, for Horace Traubel's lecture on Walt Whitman, presented in Steinert Hall, Boston, Massachusetts; plus three individual admission tickets to the lecture.

Originally entitled, "Convalescence", but crossed out.

Portrait of Walt Whitman, illustrated in ink, in the style of a lino or woodcut.

"Peter Doyle from the author with love...Pete do you remember (of course you do - I do well) those great long jovial walks we had out of Washington moonlight nights...."

Printed on verso: An Interesting Walt Whitman Item. Specimen Days and Collect.... Inscribed to A.F. Goldsmith from the owner [---].

Regarding recently Whitman acquisitions that may be of interest.

Correspondence, minor writings, photographs, and ephemera all by or about Walt Whitman.

Response to Tulsa Book Shop's request for a copy of the June 1940 issue of their journal.