Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 & 1891-92 Editions by Walt Whitman [TRADE PAPERBACK] 2011 • Library of America

Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 & 1891-92 Editions by Walt Whitman

TRADE PAPERBACK [2010] LIBRARY OF AMERICA

Deluxe trade paperback in excellent condition.  Like new with some minor wear.

In 1855, a small volume appeared, self-published by a failed Brooklyn journalist and twelve untitled poems and a preface announcing the author's aims. A commercial failure, this book was the first stage of a massive, lifelong enterprise. Six editions and thirty-seven years later, Leaves of Grass had been recognized as one of the central masterworks of world poetry. This Library of America Paperback Classic includes two complete the 1855 first edition and the magnificent culminating edition of 1891-1892.