WHITMAN, WALT.CALAMUS: A Series Of Letters Written During The Years 1868-1880. By Walt Whitman To A Young Friend (Peter Doyle). Edited With An Introduction By Richard Maurice Bucke M.D. One Of Whitman's Literary Executors. Boston: Laurens Maynard, 1897. First trade edition, first issue, (following a limited edition of 35 large-paper copies, signed by the editor, of which 25 were for sale). The first issue is signified by the presence of Maynard's name alone at the foot of the spine. Peter Doyle was an Irish immigrant who drove a street car in Washington, D.C. when he and Whitman met and became lasting friends. With the Herbert Boyce Satcher booklabel.
PROVENANCE: Estate of Jim Graham, former Washington, DC, Councilman Estimate $200-300
