I Sit and Look Out: Editorials from the Brooklyn Daily Times

  • New York: Columbia University Press, 1932
By WHITMAN, Walt (editorials); Emory Holloway and Vernolian Schwarz (selected and edited by)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1932. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); green cloth boards, with titling and blocking stamped in white on spine, and blind ruling to front board; [xvi],[2],3-248,[6]pp; photographic engraving frontispiece of Whitman from portrait by Charles Hines. George F. Horner's previous ownership bookplate to front pastedown. Mild shelfwear, with title faded, faint finger-soil, and light foxing to right edge of textblock; Very Good+.

Organized sections include "Religion -- Humanitarianism", "Slavery", "Women -- Sex -- Marriage", and "Foreign and International Affairs". Its concluding appendices contains a chronological list of Whitman's editorials and his reviews. [82830].

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