LEAVES OF GRASS, Walt Whitman CONTROVERSIAL 3rd Ed Pirate Copy BANNED BOOK 1860 WORLD / CULTURES often called the "Dean of

often called the "Dean of Science Fiction"

All other pages are clean save a few minor spots of foxing

New York (1878)

The bottom corners of pages 215-229 show the crease of former dogearing

Two professionally rebound hardcover volumes are present in this set

LEAVES OF GRASS, Walt Whitman CONTROVERSIAL 3rd Ed Pirate Copy BANNED BOOK 1860 WORLD / CULTURES often called the "Dean ofLEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman ~ CONTROVERSIAL 3rd Edition Pirated BANNED BOOK 1860, Illustrated, Very Scarce Publisher: Thayer and Eldridge, Boston (1860; PIRATED Copy) Very rare, controversial third edition, most likely a pirated copy with stolen engraving plates. After the 1860 edition was printed, the plates were stolen from Whitman and a pirated edition started appearing for sale. Today, the controversy surrounding this edition adds to its