Leaves of Grass by Walter Whitman

Leaves of Grass by Walter Whitman. Andrew & James Rome, New York, 1855. First edition, quarto, pp. XII, 96. Original olive-green ribbed-morocco cloth binding, boards with triple-rule frame in gilt surrounding blindstamped leaf-and-vine designs, front board with gilt rustic lettering and decoration, spine stamped and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, frontispiece engraved portrait of the author by Samuel Hollyer. Pages clean, no library stamps, no annotations, no marks.