$410
Estimate: $300 - $500
A Fine Collection of American Literature and History
Auction: June 8, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1891-'2. "Deathbed edition". 8vo. 438 pp. Illustrated with Hollyer portrait of Whitman facing p. 29. Three-quarter green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spine and edges browned, joints and corners rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers. Myerson A2.7.l2; BAL 21441
The "deathbed" edition of Leaves of Grass, containing Whitman's final arrangement of his masterpiece, and with his note on the copyright page concerning future printings, "As there are now several editions of L. of G., different texts and dates, I wish to say that I prefer and recommend this present one, complete, for future printing..."