Original WWIC Website | Bibliographic Handlist: Volume 2

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

[HANDLIST]

VOLUME 2:
Bibliographic Description

ITEM [2]
D. Appleton and Company, 1908
[2a] [2b]

Title Page:
WITH | WALT WHITMAN | IN CAMDEN | (July 16, 1888—October 31, 1888) | [short , thick rule 12.5 mm] | HORACE TRAUBEL | [publisher's device with inscriptions "D A & Co" and "INTER FOLIA FRUCTUS"] | NEW YORK | D. APPLETON AND COMPANY | 1908

Collation:
(15.3 x 22.2 cm); [1]⁸, 2-38⁸, 39⁴; [$1 signed], 308 leaves.
Pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-xi [xii] 1-563 [564] 565-570 [571-576] [2]; 14 leaves unpaginated recto and verso (total 28 pages) for plates (see note 1).

Contents:
i: half-title, "WITH WALT WHITMAN | IN CAMDEN". ii-iii: blank. iv: frontispiece. v: title. vi: copyright "Copyright, 1908, by Horace Traubel | Copyright, 1907, by D. Appleton and Company | Copyright, 1907, by The Century Company | Copyright, 1907, by The Phillips Publishing Company | Published February, 1908". vii: list of illustrations "ILLUSTRATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME". viii: blank. ix-xi: list of letters "LETTERS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME | (INCLUDING OTHER MANUSCRIPTS OF | WALT WHITMAN)". xii: epigraph. 1-563: conversations. 564: blank. 565-570: index "INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES". 571-572: blank. 573-576: advertisements for D. Appleton and Company: Memories of My Life, by Sarah Bernhardt, and three other titles.

Plates:
All plates printed or tipped onto recto side of unpaginated leaves (verso blank)

Binding:
Dark green fine ribbed cloth. Top edge trimmed and gilt. FRONT: Blind-stamped frame. SPINE: Gold-blocked intertwining leaves around lettering "WITH | WALT | WHITMAN | IN | CAMDEN | 2 | HORACE | TRAUBEL | D. Appleton | and Company".

Dustjacket:
None observed to date.

Typography and Paper:
10/12.5 Scotch Roman text. Cream wove paper; no watermark.

Note to Item [2]:

Plates are printed or tipped onto unpaginated leaves facing pages 44, 84, 90, 136, 154, 216, 272, 278, 288, 332, 406, 454, 496, and 546.

ITEM [2a]
Mitchell Kennerley, 1915
[2b] [2]

Re-issue of item [2], identical except for the following variant elements:

Title Page:
WITH | WALT WHITMAN | IN CAMDEN | (July 16, 1888—October 31, 1888) | [short , thick rule 12.5 mm] | HORACE TRAUBEL | [publisher's device: "MK" enclosed in circle] | NEW YORK | MITCHELL KENNERLEY | 1915

Contents:
v: title (see above). vi: copyright "Copyright, 1908, by Horace Traubel | Copyright, 1907, by D. Appleton and Company | Copyright, 1907, by The Century Company | Copyright, 1907, by The Phillips Publishing Company | Published February, 1908 | THE PLIMPTON PRESS | NORWOOD MASS U S A".
See also note 2.

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 | 2 | HORACE | TRAUBEL | MITCHELL | KENNERLEY".

Notes to Item [2a]:

The paper used for the title page and it's conjugate leaf (1_3.6) is noticeably different in color from that used in the rest of the book, indicating that Kennerley re-issued existing sheets (including the original D. Appleton & Company advertisements) under his own imprint.

ITEM [2b]
Rowman and Littlefield, 1961
[2] [2a]

Photolithographic re-impression of item [2] or [2a], identical except for the following variant elements:

Title Page:
WITH | WALT WHITMAN | IN CAMDEN | (July 16, 1888—October 31, 1888) | [short , thick rule 12.5 mm] | HORACE TRAUBEL | NEW YORK | ROWMAN AND LITTLEFIELD, INC. | 1961

Collation:
(14.5 x 21.8 cm) Pp. i-xii 1-570.

Contents:
v: title (see above). vi: copyright "Copyright, 1908, by Horace Traubel | Copyright, 1907, by D. Appleton and Company | Copyright, 1907, by The Century Company | Copyright, 1907, by The Phillips Publishing Company | Published February, 1908 | 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. 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 | 2 | HORACE | TRAUBEL | ROWMAN AND | LITTLEFIELD".

Note to Item [2b]:

The original D. Appleton & Company advertisements are reproduced in this reissue.

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