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LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman -1899- Small, Maynard & Co., Boston Includes Sands at Seventy, Good Bye My Fancy, Old Age Echoes and A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads. Facsimile signature of the author underneath the frontispiece poem. Portrait under tissue paper covering . The book is in very good condition. Gilt lettering and decorations quite well preserved. Please see description above and all pictures.

Antique 1899 hardcover copy of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, published by Small, Maynard & Company of Boston.

Features:

green cloth decorative binding with gilt lettering
embossed Art Nouveau style cover design
1899 title page
classic Walt Whitman poetry collection
attractive shelf/display copy

Condition notes:

fraying/wear at spine ends
corner and edge wear
page edge wear and toning
previous owner writing/inscription
folded page corner visible in photos
general age-related wear throughout

A solid antique Whitman volume for collectors, readers, decorators, or anyone building an Americana or poetry library.

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