Leaves of grass.
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| Language: | English |
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Brooklyn, New York,
1856.
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| Ownership and Custodial History: |
MSU: Photograph of Whitman's birthplace, clipped from a larger work and once laid into the book, transferred to MSS 466 Box 2 Foldler 356. |
| Physical Description: | 384 pages, 1 unnumbered page : frontispiece (portrait) ; 17 cm |
| Format: | Book |
| Note: | "Published by the author" --page [385]. First edition was published in Brooklyn, 1855. Lettered on cover: "Leaves of grass", followed on the spine in gold by author's name and a quotation from one of Emerson's letters: I greet you at the beginning of a great career R W Emerson. "Leaves-droppings". Emerson's letter of July 21, 1855, with Whitman's reply of Aug. 1856, and press notices of the 1855 edition: pages [343]-384. "This volume was published by Fowler & Wells, N.Y., though their names do not appear on the title-page. On account of criticism, this firm abandoned the sale. But few copies were sold." cf. Bibliog. of Whitman, by O. L. Triggs (in "The complete writings of Walt Whitman". Prose works, volume 7). |
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| Call Number: | PS3201 1856 XX |