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The Essay on Walt Whitman
Stevenson, Robert Louis. East Aurora, NY, The Roycroft Shop, 1900.
[viii], 91, [2] pp. (8vo) 21.5x14.5 cm. (8½x5¾”) full limp suede, yapp edges, title in gilt on front. No. 5 of 50 copies. Signed by Elbert Hubbard and the illuminator, Clara Schlagel, at the limitation statement. McKenna 65.
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![The Essay on Walt Whitman
Stevenson, Robert Louis. East Aurora, NY, The Roycroft Shop, 1900.
[viii], 91, [2] pp. (8vo) 21.5x14.5 cm. (8½x5¾”) full limp suede, yapp edges, title in gilt on front. No. 5 of 50 copies. Signed by Elbert Hubbard and the illuminator, Clara Schlagel, at the limitation statement. McKenna 65.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48ew43WKq1qabm59o1_500.jpg)
