2014, ISBN: ecbc441a4f18f1bf6356ec953a1aa1d3

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2014. Limited Edition. An exquisitely produced edition of Leaves of Grass, issued as the one hundredth publication of The Arion Press. Letterpress printed… Plus…

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2014. Limited Edition. An exquisitely produced edition of Leaves of Grass, issued as the one hundredth publication of The Arion Press. Letterpress printed in Goudy Californian on Langley paper from the Barcham Green Mill in England, with watermarks of the mill and of Arion Press. "The text is that of the 1855 first edition, just a dozen poems, far fewer than the "Death-bed Edition of 1891-92, which is the body of poetry known today...Our choice of the first edition text was based on two considerations. First, we wished to differentiate this, the one-hundredth book of Arion Press, from the Grabhorn Press masterpiece of 1930 for Random House, which used the text of the 1891-92 edition. Second, we wished to present the version of Whitman's poetry that so astonished and impressed Ralph Waldo Emerson and many other discerning readers then and since with its highly original approach. No one had ever read such revolutionary poetry before, and this book established Whitman as a major poet. In tribute to the Grabhorn edition, we used a similar format, production methods, and materials, but with a new design" (Bibliography of the Arion Press, p.267). With a new, lengthy introduction by literary critic and Harvard professor Helen Vendler, and the full text of Emerson's July 21, 1855 letter to Whitman, after his first reading of Leaves. A masterful work, sold out in advance of publication, and a stopper for collectors of the press. Arion 100. One of 275 numbered copies, this being copy no.72. Folio (36.5cm); oak plywood boards and quarter green goatskin, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's matching green cloth slipcase; [iv],[6],7-155,[5]pp, with title page and colophon grass illustrations by Rochelle Youk, and a portrait of Whitman (age thirty-four), preceding the preface. Fine in a very Near Fine slipcase, with some trivial external wear, and a small, faint stain along the upper edge., The Arion Press, 2014, 0<

2014, ISBN: ecbc441a4f18f1bf6356ec953a1aa1d3

[PU: The Arion Press, San Francisco], One of 275 numbered copies, this being copy no.72. Folio (36.5cm); oak plywood boards and quarter green goatskin, with titling and decorative element… Plus…

[PU: The Arion Press, San Francisco], One of 275 numbered copies, this being copy no.72. Folio (36.5cm); oak plywood boards and quarter green goatskin, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's matching green cloth slipcase; [iv],[6],7-155,[5]pp, with title page and colophon grass illustrations by Rochelle Youk, and a portrait of Whitman (age thirty-four), preceding the preface. Fine in a very Near Fine slipcase, with some trivial external wear, and a small, faint stain along the upper edge. An exquisitely produced edition of Leaves of Grass, issued as the one hundredth publication of The Arion Press. Letterpress printed in Goudy Californian on Langley paper from the Barcham Green Mill in England, with watermarks of the mill and of Arion Press. "The text is that of the 1855 first edition, just a dozen poems, far fewer than the "Death-bed Edition of 1891-92, which is the body of poetry known today.Our choice of the first edition text was based on two considerations. First, we wished to differentiate this, the one-hundredth book of Arion Press, from the Grabhorn Press masterpiece of 1930 for Random House, which used the text of the 1891-92 edition. Second, we wished to present the version of Whitman's poetry that so astonished and impressed Ralph Waldo Emerson and many other discerning readers then and since with its highly original approach. No one had ever read such revolutionary poetry before, and this book established Whitman as a major poet. In tribute to the Grabhorn edition, we used a similar format, production methods, and materials, but with a new design" (Bibliography of the Arion Press, p.267). With a new, lengthy introduction by literary critic and Harvard professor Helen Vendler, and the full text of Emerson's July 21, 1855 letter to Whitman, after his first reading of Leaves. A masterful work, sold out in advance of publication, and a stopper for collectors of the press. Arion 100.<

2014, ISBN: ecbc441a4f18f1bf6356ec953a1aa1d3

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2014. Small folio. (156)pp. One of 275 copies. With an Introduction by Helen Vendler. For the one hundredth publication of the Arion Press, Andrew Hoyem pays … Plus…

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2014. Small folio. (156)pp. One of 275 copies. With an Introduction by Helen Vendler. For the one hundredth publication of the Arion Press, Andrew Hoyem pays homage to his mentors, Edwin and Robert Grabhorn - whose 1930 edition of Whitman's seminal text is echoed in the present work. But while the text, format and binding pay tribute to the Grabhorn publication, Hoyem takes as his text from the 1855 first edition, from which he also reproduces the engraved frontispiece portrait of the youthful, ambitious poet. The text is set in Californian - a Goudy typeface used in the first publication bearing the Arion Press imprint in 1975 - and printed upon the Thomson Laureate platen press that Hoyem inherited from the Grabhorns, and on which he printed his Moby-Dick in 1978-79. All these elements combined to form the quintessential modern American press book, one that completely sold out upon publication. Fine in gilt stamped green morocco-backed oak veneer boards, and housed in a green cloth slipcase. Prospectus laid in., Arion Press, 2014, 0<