Walt Whitman and the Body Beautiful

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); brown cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [xiv],[2],3-290pp. Publisher's glue affecting final pages, else a Fine copy. Dustwrapper has hint of sunning to spine, tiny nick on rear panel, and rubbing at flap folds; Near Fine. Explores Whitman's persona, physical self, and experiences with his health, Civil War hospitals, and pseudo-sciences as they relate to his works. [82628].