Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1856.
Title
Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1856.
Subject
Walt Whitman
Description
Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1856.
Second edition. Green cloth, gilt title on front cover. On back strip gilt quotation form Emerson’s letter: “I greet you at the beginning of a great career.” It was published at Whitman’s expense by Fowler and Wells, and it contains their advertisements on the last page.
Only 1,000 copies of the second edition were printed. This edition contains 36 poems to which Whitman added titles.
Second edition. Green cloth, gilt title on front cover. On back strip gilt quotation form Emerson’s letter: “I greet you at the beginning of a great career.” It was published at Whitman’s expense by Fowler and Wells, and it contains their advertisements on the last page.
Only 1,000 copies of the second edition were printed. This edition contains 36 poems to which Whitman added titles.
Publisher
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Date
1856
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details, see the https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/research/permissions web page. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
Format
Book
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Files
Citation
“Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1856.,” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed May 5, 2024, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/800.