nd of this Volume.
Fifth edition.
Duodecimo, light green paper wrappers, uncut; title, contents,
pp. vi-384.
Copyright notice dated 1870; Later issues were bound in cloth.
1871
Memoranda. Democratic Vistas. Washington, D. C., 1871. [Pointing Hand]
See Advertisement at end of this Volume.
Duodecimo, light green paper wrappers, uncut; title, contents,
pp. 84.
Copyright notice dated 1870.
1871
Leaves of Grass. Passage to India. (Five line poem beginning, "Gliding
o'er all.") Washington, D. C., 1871. [Pointing Hand] See Advertisement
at end of this Volume.
Duodecimo, light green paper wrappers, uncut; title, contents,
pp. iv-120.
Copyright notice dated 1870.
1871
After All, Not to Create Only. Recited by Walt Whitman on Invitation of
Managers American Institute, on Opening their 40th Annual Exhibition,
New York, noon, September 7, 1871 (device). Boston: Roberts Brothers,
1871.
Duodecimo, beveled cloth boards, half-title, title, note, vii;
pp. 24, notes.
There is also a limp cloth issue which is quite common, that was
issued to be sold at the exhibition.
The poem was later published in the Transactions of the American
Institute, 1871-72. Albany, 1872.
1872
Leaves of Grass. Washington, D. C., 1872.
Second issue of the fifth edition.
Duodecimo, green cloth, uncut; title, contents, vi, pp. 384.
Passage to India, pp. 120. Printed from the plates of the
Washington, 1871 editions of Leaves of Grass and Passage to
India.
Later issues have After All, Not to Create Only, pp. 14 bound
in.
1872
Leaves of Grass. As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. And Other Poems.
Washington, D. C., 1872.
Duodecimo, green cloth, uncut; title, contents, preface, x; One
Song, America, Before I Go, one page; Souvenirs of Democracy,
facsimile signature, one page; pp. 14; Virginia--The West; By
Broad Potomac's Shore, one page, unnumbered; eight pages
advertisements.
1875
Memoranda During the War. By Walt Whitman. Author's Publication. Camden,
New Jersey, 1875-76.
Octavo, maroon cloth, title stamped in gold on cover; page,
"Remembrance Copy;" portrait, title, pp. 68, advertisement.
1876
Leaves of Grass. [Nine-line poem beginning "Come, said my soul," signed
Walt Whitman in the Author's autograph.] Author's Edition,
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