With Walt Whitman in Camden, by Horace Traubel
A BIBLIOGRAPHIC HANDLIST
© Copyright 1997 by W L Bentley Rare Books. All Rights Reserved.
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VOLUME 1:
Bibliographic Description

ITEM [1]
Small, Maynard, 1906
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Title Page:
WITH | WALT WHITMAN | IN CAMDEN | (March 28--July 14, 1888) | [short rule 13 mm] | HORACE TRAUBEL | [publisher's device with inscription "SCIRE QVOD SCIENDVM"] | BOSTON | SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY | 1906
Collation:
(14.8 x 22.3 cm) [unsigned, 1-158 168(-162+x1) 17-258 268(267+x1) 27-308 318(312+x1) 32-348 354], 278 leaves (see note 1).
Pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x] xi-xiv [xv-xvi] 1-473 [474-476]; 32 leaves unpaginated recto and verso (total 64 pages) for plates (see note 2).
Contents:
i: half-title, "WITH WALT WHITMAN | IN CAMDEN". ii-iii: blank. iv: frontispiece. v: title. vi: copyright "Copyright, 1905, 1906, by | Horace Traubel | Copyright, 1905, by | The Century Company | Entered at Stationers' Hall | Published February, 1906 | Press of Geo. Ellis Co. | Boston, U.S.A.". vii-ix: preface, "TO READERS". x: blank. xi-xii: list of illustrations "ILLUSTRATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME". xiii-xiv: list of letters "LETTERS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME | (INCLUDING OTHER MANUSCRIPTS OF | WALT WHITMAN)". xv: illustration. xvi: epigraph. 1-468: conversations. 469-473: index. 474: blank. 475-476: advertisements for Small, Maynard & Company: Leaves of Grass, and four other titles.
Plates:
All plates printed or tipped onto recto side of unpaginated leaves (verso blank), except:
  • Fold-out plate of Whitman's Last Will and Testament pasted between 11 and 12;
  • Frontispiece tipped onto 12v;
  • 2-leaf folded plate pasted onto cancelled stub of 162 (facing page 208).
Binding:
Dark green fine ribbed cloth. Top edge trimmed and gilt. FRONT: Blind-stamped frame; gold-stamped publisher's device at center with inscription "SCIRE QVOD SCIENDVM". BACK: Blind-stamped frame; blind-stamped publisher's device as above at center. SPINE: Gold-blocked intertwining leaves around lettering "WITH | WALT | WHITMAN | IN | CAMDEN | 1 | HORACE | TRAUBEL | Small Maynard | and Company".
Dustjacket:
None observed to date.
Typography and Paper:
10/12.5 Scotch Roman text. Cream wove paper; no watermark.

Note to Item [1]:
  1. The character "x" represents here the Greek "chi" character: i.e., an unsigned and uninferred leaf or gathering.
  2. Plates are printed or tipped onto unpaginated leaves facing pages 4, 20, 26, 36, 38, 44, 66, 76, 88, 104, 128, 154, 170, 180, 192, 198, 204, 212, 234, 276, 288, 308, 334, 338, 364, 390, 406, 422, 444, 448, and 460.
ITEM [1a]
Gay & Bird, 1906
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[Not yet examined.]

ITEM [1b]
Mitchell Kennerley, 1915
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Re-impression of item [1] (but see note 3), identical except for the following variant elements:

Title Page:
WITH | WALT WHITMAN | IN CAMDEN | (March 28--July 14, 1888) | [short rule 17 mm] | HORACE TRAUBEL | [publisher's device: "MK" enclosed in circle] | NEW YORK | MITCHELL KENNERLEY | 1915
Collation:
(15.0 x 22.2 cm) [unsigned, 1-158 168(-162+x1) 17-358], 280 leaves (see note 1).
Pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x] xi-xiv [xv-xvi] 1-473 [474-476] [4]; 64 pages unpaginated for plates.
Contents:
v: title (see above). vi: copyright "Copyright, 1905, 1906, by Horace Traubel | Copyright, 1905, by The Century Company | Entered at Stationers' Hall | THE PLIMPTON PRESS | NORWOOD MASS U S A".
Binding:
Dark green fine ribbed cloth. Top and bottom edges trimmed. Top edge gilt. FRONT: Blind-stamped frame. BACK: Blind-stamped logotype "MK". SPINE: Gold-blocked intertwining leaves around lettering "WITH | WALT | WHITMAN | IN | CAMDEN | 1 | HORACE | TRAUBEL | MITCHELL | KENNERLEY".

Note to Item [1b]:
  1. The character "x" represents here the Greek "chi" character: i.e., an unsigned and uninferred leaf or gathering.
  2. The original Small, Maynard advertisements are reproduced in this reissue.
  3. The sheets of this issue are a re-impression from the plates of item [1]. However, the paper used for the title page and it's conjugate leaf (13.6) is noticeably darker in color from that used in the rest of the book, suggesting that Kennerley may have been re-issuing existing sheets under his own imprint. The fact that the publisher's advertisements were also reprinted may suggest a second impression by Small, Maynard. Until a copy of this second impression is located, however, this is just speculation.
ITEM [1c]
Rowman and Littlefield, 1961
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Photolithographic re-impression of items [1] or [1b], identical except for the following variant elements:

Title Page:
WITH | WALT WHITMAN | IN CAMDEN | (March 28--July 14, 1888) | [short rule 17 mm] | HORACE TRAUBEL | NEW YORK | ROWMAN AND LITTLEFIELD, INC. | 1961
Collation:
(14.5 x 21.8 cm) Pp. i-xvi 1-474.
Contents:
v: title (see above). vi: copyright "Copyright, 1905, 1906, by Horace Traubel | Copyright, 1905, by The Century Company | Library of Congress Catalog Number 61-14764 | This edition published by | Rowman and Littlefield, Inc | 84 Fifth Avenue | New York, 11 New York | 1961".
See also note 1.
Plates:
All plates were printed together with the text, except:
  • Fold-out plate of Whitman's Last Will and Testament pasted onto front pastedown.
The original halftone plates were rescreened for this reprint, giving a noticeable moiré pattern.
Binding:
Medium green linen textured cloth. All edges trimmed. SPINE: Gold-blocked intertwined leaves around lettering "WITH | WALT | WHITMAN | IN | CAMDEN | 1 | HORACE | TRAUBEL | ROWMAN AND | LITTLEFIELD".

Note to Item [1c]:
  1. The original Small, Maynard advertisements are reproduced in this reissue.
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