Gems from Walt Whitman

by Walt Whitman

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Published 1889 by David McKay in Philadelphia .
Written in English

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Edition Notes

Statement	selected by Elizabeth Porter Gould.
Contributions	Gould, Elizabeth Porter, 1848-1906., Carolyn Wells Houghton Whitman Collection (Library of Congress), Walt Whitman Collection (Library of Congress), Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress)
Classifications
LC Classifications	PS3204 .G6
The Physical Object
Pagination	58 p. :
Number of Pages	58
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6968974M
LC Control Number	06015312

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