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Author Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Title Leaves of grass.

Published Brooklyn, New York : [Privately printed], 1855.
Edition 1st ed., first issue.
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 McFarlin Special Collections O (Fifth Floor)  PS3201 1855 Oversize     LIB USE ONLY
Descript [1] leaf, xii, [13]-95 p. : port. ; 29 cm. (8vo)
Note First edition, first state of title leaf. Second state of binding.
The portrait is printed on heavy plate paper.
Dark green full cloth with gold tooled border and blind tooled floral decoration; title tooled in gold on front and rear covers; gold tooled title and floral decoration on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt.
Special Collections note: In slipcase; Tulsa Bibliophiles' copy.