Leaves of Grass, 1855

Walt Whitman

1966

Complete and faithful facsimile of the first edition, with type set in part by Whitman, including unsigned reviews by Whitman himself; elaborate green pebbled cloth, gold stamped.

"Magnificent...far surpasses the two previous attempts...."
–Gay Wilson Allen

I do not doubt but the majesty & beauty of the world are latent in any iota of the world. . . . I do not doubt interiors have their interiors, and exteriors have their exteriors–and that the eye-sight has another eye-sight, and the hearing another hearing, and the voice another voice.
–Walt Whitman

ISBN 0-87130-020-6

Cloth
This edition is out of print

Printed by The Meriden Gravure Company; Bound by The Russell-Rutter Company.

96 pages, 11 1/4 x 8 inches

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