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Author:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892, author.

Title:

Leaves of grass / [Walt Whitman]

Publisher:

The Eakins Press,

Copyright Date:

1966

Description:

xii, [13]-95 pages, 1 blank leaf, [8], [2] pages : portrait ; 29 cm

Subject:

Whitman, Walt,--1819-1892.--Leaves of grass--Facsimiles.
Self--Poetry.
American poetry--19th century--History and criticism.
Poetry.

Other Authors:

Schaeffer, Glenn, former owner. former owner. IaU
Eakins Press, publisher.
Meriden Gravure Company, printer.
Russell-Rutter Company, binder.

Notes:

A facsimile of the first edition published by Whitman in Brooklyn in 1855. "An exact copy of the first edition 1855 as issued by Whitman and received by Emerson"--Slipcase. "The text of this facsimile of the first edition of Leaves of Grass, published by Whitman in Brooklyn in 1855, is reproduced from a copy in the Library of Yale University. The eight pages of first comments and reviews ... by Whitman and containing a review in The Amerian Phrenological Journal speicifically attributed to the poet himself, are from a copy in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Libray. The printed text of the letter Emerson sent to Whitman, a facsimile of one the poet had printed and pasted in the front of a few copies, is from the Library of Brown University. 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."--Colophon. "The Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, Connecticut, has printed this volume and Rusell-Rutter of New York City has reproduced the binding. ... The Eakins Press New York, Publishers, 1966." --Colophon. Issued in red slipcase with title and facsimile statement printed in gilt. Library copy includes [4] page prospectus, measuring 20 cm. IaU

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1945070

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)