WHITMAN, WALT. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York, 1855. 4to, original dark green cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated in blind on front and back covers within a triple gilt rule, gilt-lettered and decorated spine, marbled endpapers, g.e., spine chipped at ends and torn along rear outer joint, rear cover nearly detached, tears at gutter of title-leaf, first text leaf loose, green morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (one of an edition of 795 copies and one of 200 copies in this first issue binding), BAL's State B of the copyright notice (two copies are known of State A with the notice in Whitman's holograph), State B of p. iv, State A of the frontispiece, Binding A, engraved frontispiece portrait of Whitman by Hollyer on thick paper with tissue guard. Wells & Goldsmith, pp. 3-5; BAL 21395; Grolier American 67; PMM 340. Heraldic bookplate of Frederic R. Kirkland.