Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate. A Tale of the Times. New York: The New World, 1842.
Title
Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate. A Tale of the Times. New York: The New World, 1842.
Subject
Walt Whitman
Description
Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate. A Tale of the Times. New York: The New World, 1842.
Bound as part of Park Benjamin’s The New World, Extra Series, No. 34. Vol. II...No. 10 (bound between Charles Dickens’s, “American Notes for General Circulation” [Vol. II...Nos 8, 9], and Mary Howitt’s “The Neighbors. A Story of Every Day Life” [Vol. II...Nos 11,12],
Recent period style three-quarter calf over marbled sides with gilt titling on the spine. The other bound-in titles from The New World include: “The Western Captive; Or, The Times of Tecumseh.” By Mrs. Seba Smith [Vol. II...Nos. 3,4] and “Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots,” with an Introduction by Agnes Strickland [Vol. II...Nos. 13,14]. There are ads announcing Franklin Evans [New Works in Press: “It will be issued...on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 12 1/2 cents single; ten copies for $1, or $2[sic] per hundred. Let orders be early.” And it is included in an ad for Works Already Published: “It was written expressly for The New World...Price 12 1/2 cts. Ten copies $1; $8 per hundred.”
Franklin Evans, when found at all, is invariably disbound. This is Whitman’s first novel and his first separate publication. He said of Franklin Evans, “I doubt if there is a copy in existence. I have none and have not had one for years.” R. M. Bucke, Whitman’s biographer and executor, wrote that he had, “...hunted and advertised for ‘Franklin Evans’ for over twenty years, and at last got a copy of it.”
Bound as part of Park Benjamin’s The New World, Extra Series, No. 34. Vol. II...No. 10 (bound between Charles Dickens’s, “American Notes for General Circulation” [Vol. II...Nos 8, 9], and Mary Howitt’s “The Neighbors. A Story of Every Day Life” [Vol. II...Nos 11,12],
Recent period style three-quarter calf over marbled sides with gilt titling on the spine. The other bound-in titles from The New World include: “The Western Captive; Or, The Times of Tecumseh.” By Mrs. Seba Smith [Vol. II...Nos. 3,4] and “Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots,” with an Introduction by Agnes Strickland [Vol. II...Nos. 13,14]. There are ads announcing Franklin Evans [New Works in Press: “It will be issued...on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 12 1/2 cents single; ten copies for $1, or $2[sic] per hundred. Let orders be early.” And it is included in an ad for Works Already Published: “It was written expressly for The New World...Price 12 1/2 cts. Ten copies $1; $8 per hundred.”
Franklin Evans, when found at all, is invariably disbound. This is Whitman’s first novel and his first separate publication. He said of Franklin Evans, “I doubt if there is a copy in existence. I have none and have not had one for years.” R. M. Bucke, Whitman’s biographer and executor, wrote that he had, “...hunted and advertised for ‘Franklin Evans’ for over twenty years, and at last got a copy of it.”
Publisher
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Date
1842
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details, see the https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/research/permissions web page. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
Format
Book
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Files
Citation
“Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate. A Tale of the Times. New York: The New World, 1842.,” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed April 27, 2024, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/831.