NMLP P-037444 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Leaves of Grass (1855 first edition)

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

Binding B — the same cloth but with only the title goldstamped, borders and ornaments in blind, plain edges and plain (peach, buff or yellow) endpapers (later bindings, December 1855–January 1856)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-037444 for "Leaves of Grass (1855 first edition)" by Walt Whitman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037444, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).