Leaves of Grass: 1855 Facsimile Edition

Portland, ME: Thomas Bird Mosher and William Francis Gable, 1919. Facsimile Edition; Signed Limited Issue. Fine/Near Fine. One of 50 numbered copies on Japanese vellum signed by the publisher Thomas Bird Mosher, bound in Japanese vellum boards stamped in gilt. Light edge wear and former owner inscription to a preliminary blank page, else Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with titles printed on the spine, toned, lightly frayed at the edges and with an old repair made to the bottom edge of the rear panel. A facsimile of 1855 first edition of Walt Whitman's iconic work, though specially bound in vellum. (Inventory #: 140943698)