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WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn: [Printed for the Author], 1855.
2o (280 x 192 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait (cut round and mounted). (Title in facsimile, some foxing.) Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine, blind-lettered on back cover, decorated in blind on front and back covers with triple blind rule, edges plain (recased, endpapers renewed).
FIRST EDITION, second issue binding with only title on front cover in gilt (BAL's and Meyerson's binding B), second state of p.iv; inserted after title are 2 leaves of printed reviews of Whitman, which he had penned himself and published anonymously. BAL 21395; Grolier American 67; Meyerson A2.I.a1; PMM 340.
2o (280 x 192 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait (cut round and mounted). (Title in facsimile, some foxing.) Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine, blind-lettered on back cover, decorated in blind on front and back covers with triple blind rule, edges plain (recased, endpapers renewed).
FIRST EDITION, second issue binding with only title on front cover in gilt (BAL's and Meyerson's binding B), second state of p.iv; inserted after title are 2 leaves of printed reviews of Whitman, which he had penned himself and published anonymously. BAL 21395; Grolier American 67; Meyerson A2.I.a1; PMM 340.