Lafayette in Brooklyn. With an Introduction by John Burroughs.
New York: George D. Smith, 1905.
Price:
$1,500.00
Copy number 143 of 235 copies on American hand made paper from an edition of 250 copies, signed by George D. Smith on the limitation page. First edition. Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimile of manuscript, portrait of Lafayette. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 8vo. Original boards, printed paper label on upper cover and spine. Fine copy. Bookplate. Unopened. BAL 21458; Merle Johnson p. 530.
Item #367043
Uncommon publiction of Whitman’s recollections on seeing Lafayette at the Brooklyn ferry in 1825, from an undated manuscript: “I was taken up by Lafayette and held a moment — I remember that he pressed my cheek with a kiss as he set me down”.
Item #367043
Uncommon publiction of Whitman’s recollections on seeing Lafayette at the Brooklyn ferry in 1825, from an undated manuscript: “I was taken up by Lafayette and held a moment — I remember that he pressed my cheek with a kiss as he set me down”.
