1894 – Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman | 2nd Deathbed Edition, Poetry

Walt Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon and is often called the father of free verse. His work, especially “Leaves of Grass”, was very controversial in its time due to its contents containing overt sexuality. This 1894 edition, is a rare reissue of the 1892 complete “Deathbed Edition” was printed with all of Whitman’s final changes. It is a piece that features some of Whitman’s most notable poems, including:

• I Sing the Body Electric
• A Woman Waits for Me
• The Ship Starting
• Laws for Creations
• Children of Adam
• Sands at Seventy
• Calamus

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leaves of Grass
• Author(s): Walt Whitman
• Publisher: Philadelphia: David McKay
• Edition: Reissue of the “deathbed” edition, 1894
• Binding: Original green hardcover
  • uncut page edges
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Size:  8.25 in x 5.75 in (21 cm x 14.5 cm)
• Collation: 438 pp
• Contents Include:
  • I Sing the Body Electric
  • A Woman Waits for Me
  • The Ship Starting
  • Laws for Creations
  • Children of Adam
  • Sands at Seventy
  • Calamus
  • Late annexes

Condition:

Good. Original green cloth boards, binding tight and secure; uncut page edges; expected age wear to the exterior; pages complete with general age toning.

Why Collect This?

• 1894 McKay reissue of the “deathbed” text

Item Number: #50099