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Leaves of grass

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Data Source
Rare Books
Material Type
Book: hardcover
Published Date
1966
Author
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Edition
An exact copy of the 1st ed. 1855
Publisher
Eakins Press
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Data Source
Rare Books
Material Type
Book: hardcover
Published Date
1966
Author
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Publisher
Eakins Press
Responsibility
by Walt Whitman
Edition
An exact copy of the 1st ed. 1855
Place
New York, NY
Physical Description
95 p.
Condition
Excellent
Personal Name
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 - Poetry
Notes
The text of this facsimile of the first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855) is reproduced from a copy in the Library of Yale University. This version includes 8 pages of first comments and reviews, which were added to later copies of the first edition by Whitman. The printed text of the letter Emerson sent to Whitman is also included here. The lettering and ornamentation on the binding have been copied from first editions in the New York Public Library and the Houghton Library of Harvard University.
C/W slipcover.
Call Number
RAR 4:2:005
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1992-065
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