Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York, 1855.

Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York, 1855.

First edition, second (English) issue, second state copyright (with printed text), binding A (with gilt-stamped triple-rule frames), second state page iv (with corrected text), first state frontispiece portrait of Whitman by Hollyer (printed on thick paper). The English issue of Leaves of Grass used the American sheets with a pasted label of William Horsell on the title. Original green cloth. Myerson A2.1.a2. BAL 21395.

Walt Whitman

Brooklyn, New York: [printed for the author by Andrew and Thomas Rome]

1855