Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Whitman's Men. Walt Whitman's Calamus Poems Celebrated by Contemporary Photographers [SIGNED By Both Author and Photographer.)

New York: Universe Publishing, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Square Octavo. 80pp. Original decorative boards with color Whitman portrait in medallion on cover, white lettering on spine; in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with gilt lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Signed John Dugdale with doodle of glasses and by David Groff on light blue half-title. Poetry selected and introduced by David Groff. Photography selected, edited, and introduced by Richard Berman.

"This unprecedented volume of Walt Whitman's "Calamus" poems united the works of seven contemporary young photographers with Whitman's poems, creating an engaging conversation that echoes the desires and ambitions of American men. This version of "Calamus," taken from the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, shows us the poems at their purest and most spontaneous–an expression of man's desire for his fellow men... The featured photographers whose works pay tribute to this great American bard are: Mark Beard, John Dugdale, Robert Flynt, Bill Jacobson, Russell Maynor, Steve Morrison, Frank Yamrus." (Publisher). Fine condition. Item #51231
ISBN: 0789300222

Price: $150.00

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