LEAVES OF GRASS, Walt Whitman CONTROVERSIAL 3rd Ed Pirate Copy BANNED BOOK 1860 ANTIQUE & VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES it no longer appears to

it no longer appears to glow in the dark — the material used to coat the pages may have dissipated (which is healthier for the end user

Inscription from mother to daughter on second blank page

of which manuscripts further identify him as Iunior and Siculus

"Written in 1834

LEAVES OF GRASS, Walt Whitman CONTROVERSIAL 3rd Ed Pirate Copy BANNED BOOK 1860 ANTIQUE & VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES it no longer appears toLEAVES 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