Leaves of Grass.

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First Printing. Myerson A2.3.a. frontis, Binding C. The first commercial edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, including 124 additional poems, including Calamus. 456pp., with blank leaf at end, frontispiece portrait of Whitman by "Schoff" (glassine guard). Bound in dull reddish brown vertical wavy-grain cloth, bevelled edges, spine (with butterfly on hand motif), gray topstain, blindstamping to front cover (globe rising from clouds) and rear cover (sun rising). Dull grey thin endpapers front and rear. Pencilled ownership signature and date "April 1875" to first blank leaf. Newspaper clipping to front pastedown with quote from "The Song of the Exposition" (a later poem from 1871 first included in 1881 edition of Leaves of Grass [Myerson A2.7a]--consistent with the dated signature). A Very Good or better unrestored copy, very mild rubbing to spine-ends, mild stressing to two signatures of textblock. Text and endpapers otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding sound, gutters unbroken, no foxing, chips, tears, bumps, or dampstaining. Just a terrific copy! Q16627. N° de ref. del artículo Q16627

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