Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Rees Welsh & Co, Philadelphia, 1882.

Price: US$8500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Reprint utilizing slightly altered plates from the 1881-82 Boston edition. Signed by Walt Whitman on the first blank sheet, inscribed "J. William Thompson from the author." Thompson was London lawyer who corresponded with Whitman, occasionally ordering books directly from the author. Bound in publisher's mustard cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good, cloth soiled, lightly mottled, worn at spine ends. BAL 21419.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.