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WHITMAN, Walt (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. Camden, NJ: N.p., 1882.
8vo. 2 portrait engravings inserted, each with tissue guard. Modern green cloth, olive morocco lettering–piece gilt. Provenance: Andrew R. Supplee (bookplate).
“Author’s Edition”, SIGNED BY WHITMAN on the title–page as issued. “This is the SCARCE AND ALMOST UNKNOWN ISSUE; it is doubtful if more than one hundred copies were printed. It appeared after the suppression of the Boston edition and before the first Philadelphia edition…The text and type is the same as that used in the Boston edition, the title–page only being different. All copies were autographed, and it is probable that Whitman had these made for a few friends while waiting for the first Philadelphia edition” (Wells and Goldsmith). BAL 21418; Wells and Goldsmith pp. 25–26.