Handsome 6 x 7 phototype print of a portrait of Whitman by Frederick Gutekunst, as used as the frontispiece for the 1889 pocket edition of Leaves of Grass, signed and inscribed in blue pencil, "Walt Whitman, for Melville Philips, June 16 90." Matted to an overall size of 9 x 10. In very good condition, with light irregular toning, overall spotty staining, and some damage to the mount which has been matted out. A friend and correspondent of Whitman, Melville Philips was a regular book reviewer for Lippincott's and the literary editor of the Philadelphia Press.
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