TRAUBEL, Horace L. (ed.)

Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman, May 31, 1889: Notes, Addresses, Letters, Telegrams

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1889. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Maroon cloth stamped in gilt on front; plain endpapers; 74pp; brief ad on p.74; frontispiece depicting a clay bust of Whitman. Contemporary ownership inscription of [Jahu] Dewitt Miller of Forest Glen, Maryland to rear pastedown.

A collection of birthday tributes to Whitman, printed after a gathering for the author's 70th birthday (the first of 30 annual birthday celebrations). Includes the first appearance of Whitman's "Autobiographic Note" and his response to the audience at the complimentary dinner. 1000 copies printed. This copy belonged to Jahu Dewitt Miller, a noted book collector, educator, and Methodist minister who wrote at least two fan letters to the poet. Uncommon in the trade. MYERSON D17.

Price: $750.00

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