With Walt Whitman in Camden, by Horace Traubel
A BIBLIOGRAPHIC HANDLIST
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VOLUME 2:
Bibliographic Description

ITEM [2]
D. Appleton and Company, 1908
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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]:
  1. 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
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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]:
  1. While Kennerley must have had access to the printing plates from item [2] in order to reprint the leaves conjugate with his new title and copyright pages (one letter on page xii is damaged in both issues), it is not clear whether this issue was a complete re-impression or whether existing sheets were reissued with a new title page.
  2. The original D. Appleton & Company advertisements are reproduced in this reissue.
ITEM [2b]
Rowman and Littlefield, 1961
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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]:
  1. The original D. Appleton & Company advertisements are reproduced in this reissue.
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