[WHITMAN, WALT.] LEAVES OF GRASS. Engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. 4to, original dark green cloth, gilt-decorated and

decorated in blind on front and back covers within a triple gilt rule, very skillfully rebacked to match the original spine, 2 fore-corners re-tipped; a few margin repairs (one just touching text); gilt edges; cloth sleeve, full green morocco pull-off case. Brooklyn, 1855 FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. One of 200 copies in this first issue binding, of an edition of 795 copies, with gilt letters on both front and rear covers, gilt edges, and marbled endpapers. In the second issue these embellishments were eliminated to cut production costs. Wells & Goldsmith, pages 3-5; Grolier/American 67; Printing and the Mind of Man, 340. ERRATA Lot 500: Title reinforced along inner hinge on verso.