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Leaves of grass

LC Control No.:	03023679
Type of Material:	Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Personal Name:	Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. » More like this
Main Title:	Leaves of grass.
Published/Created:	Brooklyn, New York : [Walt Whitman], 1855 ([Brooklyn, New York : Rome Brothers])
Related Names:	Bemis, Frank Brewer, 1861-1935, former owner. DLC » More like this Field, Eugene, 1850-1895, former owner. DLC » More like this Groves, John Stuart, former owner. DLC » More like this Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923, former owner. DLC » More like this Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902, former owner. DLC » More like this Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900, former owner. DLC » More like this Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928, former owner. DLC » More like this Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966, former owner. DLC » More like this Carolyn Wells Houghton Whitman Collection (Library of Congress) DLC » More like this Charles E. Feinberg Collection of Walt Whitman (Library of Congress) DLC » More like this
Description:	95 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. ; 29 cm.
Notes:	Author's name, Walter Whitman, appears in copyright statement on t.p. verso. BAL and Myerson describe at least two issues, and various states of the copyright page, p. iv, frontispiece, and binding. LC copy has copyright page and p. iv in 2nd state, frontispiece in 1st state, and binding in BAL state A. DLC
References:	BAL 21395 Myerson, J. Whitman, p. 12-20
Additional Formats:	Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
LC Classification:	PS3201 1855
LC Copy:	PS3201 1855 Copy 2 Copy 2. Copyright page and p. iv in 2nd state, frontispiece in 1st state, and binding in BAL state A. PS3201 1855 Copy 3 Copy 3. Copyright page and p. iv in 2nd state, frontispiece in 1st state, and binding in BAL state A. PS3201 1855a Another issue. With [8] prelim. pages of press notices; frontispiece port. on India paper mounted on heavy plate paper; plain endpapers; covers without gilt borders or gilt lettering on back or ornaments on spine. PS3201 1855a Copy 2 Copy 2 of the above issue. PS3201 1855a Copy 3 Copy 3 of the above issue. Bookplate of Frank Brewer Bemis. PS3201 1855a Copy 4 Copy 4 of the above issue. Frontispiece port. in 1st state. Bookplate of Eugene Field. PS3201 1855a Copy 5 Copy 5 of the above issue. Formerly owned by William C. Keelunte, John Stuart Groves (bookplate). PS3201 1855a Copy 6 Copy 6 of the above issue. Bookplate of Thomas B. Mosher. PS3201 1855e Variant. Priority uncertain. Binding in BAL state B; without press notices; frontispiece in 1st state; yellow endpapers. Signed by the author. Bookplate of R.M. Bucke. PS3201 1855e Copy 2 Copy 2 of the variant. Formerly owned by Clarence Cook, Ellen Terry (port. enclosed), Edward Gordon Craig. PS3201 1855e Copy 3 Copy 3 of the variant. PS3201 1855f Another issue. In paper wrappers. PS3201 1855g Another issue. 1st English issue, with label above imprint: London, Wm. Horsell, 492 Oxford-street.
Links:	Feinberg Whitman Coll Copy 3: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/feinberg.23679