The Edition
Leaves of Grass in two versions: the first edition, which Whitman published himself in 1855, and the last edition he saw printed, in 1891–92.
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1855, the first edition
Its preface and twelve poems, set from the Library of Congress’s copy, each page beside its photograph. With a search and a Concordance, an index of every word and the lines it’s in.
1891–92, the last edition
The last edition Whitman saw printed, in the months before he died in March 1892.