NMLP P-037443 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Leaves of Grass (1855 first edition)

Walt Whitman · Self-published, printed by Andrew & James Rome (Brooklyn) · 1855

BAL/Blanck records three binding states, all genuine 1855 issues: Binding A — dark green cloth with a triple-ruled gilt border, blind-stamped floral ornaments, the title in gilt with rayed lettering, marbled endpapers and gilt edges (the earliest, June–July 1855)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-037443 for "Leaves of Grass (1855 first edition)" by Walt Whitman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037443, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).