Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition

London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); sage green cloth, titled in silver on spine; dustjacket; xxxviii,[5],6-145,[7]pp. Pictorial bookplate of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) mounted to front pastedown, with his pervasive light pencil annotations appearing throughout the text. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced 21/- net), with gentle sunning to spine, some modest wear, several tiny nicks and tears, and 1" tear at lower front joint expertly mended on verso. The original (unrevised) text of of the 1855 Leaves of Grass, with a lengthy introduction by editor Malcolm Cowley. MYERSON C104.1.b2.