As in a Swoon 207
The Beauty of the Ship 247
When the Full-Grown Poet Came 359
After an Interval 369
On each page indicated will be found a poem, tipped in.
There is a variation in the intercallations: a few contain "A
Death Sonnet for Custer."
1876
Two Rivulets including Democratic Vistas, Centennial Songs, and Passage
to India. Author's Edition. Camden, New Jersey, 1876.
Octavo, half-calf, leather label; portrait, "Photo'd from life,
Sept., '72, Brooklyn, N. Y., by G. F. Pearsall, Fulton St."
signed "Walt Whitman, born May 31, 1819"; title, pp. 32, blank
leaf; Democratic Vistas, pp. 84; blank page; Centennial Songs,
1876, pp. 1-18; blank page; As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free,
preface, pp. x, pp. 14, blank page; Passage to India, pp. 120;
blank page, advertisement.
The above and Leaves of Grass, 1876, were uniform in binding and
comprised Whitman's complete works to date.
1881
Leaves of Grass [device]. Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1881-82.
Seventh edition.
Duodecimo, yellow cloth, facsimile signature stamped in gilt on
front cover; title, contents, pp. 382. This edition was
suppressed by District Attorney Stevens on complaint of the
Society for the Suppression of Vice. The unbound copies were
claimed by the author who inserted a new title-page. The plates
were turned over to Rees, Welsh and Company. Later they were
given to David McKay, who issued several editions bearing the
dates of 1884, 1885, 1886. There is also an edition from these
plates with McKay's imprint and Putnam's name on the binding.
1881
Leaves of Grass. By Walt Whitman, Author's Copyright Edition [device].
London: David Bogue, 3 St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square, W. C.,
1881. (All rights reserved.)
Octavo, olive cloth, uncut; title, contents, pp. 382. The
collation being the same as that of the Boston, 1881 edition it
is possible that Bogue purchased the sheets from Osgood or
Whitman and bound the book to his own tastes.
There was another issue, same collation, in 1884.
1881
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman: Preface to the Original Edition, 1855
[device]. London: Truebner & Co., 1881.
Octavo, blue wrappers, uncut, title, pp. 31, advertisements.
Only 500 copies were printed.
An edition on large paper, bound in light blue wrappers and
limited to twenty-five copies was issued at the same time.
1882
Specimen Days and Collect. By Walt Whitman, author of "Leaves of Grass."
Philadelphia: Rees, Welsh & Co., No. 23 South Ninth Street, 1882-83.
Duodecimo, paper wrappers, uncut; portrait, title, contents, pp.
374; advertisement. Very few copies were issued in wrappers, the
larger number being bound in yellow cloth and with the imprint
of David McKay. The edition with the imprint of Wilson and
McCormick, Glasgow, 1883, was printed from the same plates.
1886
Leaves of Grass. The Poems of Walt Whitman (selected), with Introduction
by Ernest Rhys.
18 mo, blue cloth, paper label, uncut; portrait, title,
contents, introduction, xxxix, pp. 318; advertisements.
The Canterbury Poet Series.
1887
Specimen Days in America. By Walt Whitman. Newly revised by the author,
with fresh preface and additional note. London: Walter Scott, 24 Warwick
Lane, Paternoster Row, 1887.
16 mo, blue cloth, paper label, uncut; half-title, title,
contents, preface, pp. 312; advertisements.
The Camelot Series.
Later Published by Routledge in the New Universal Library.
1888
November Boughs. By Walt Whitman. Philadelphia: David McKay, 23 South
Ninth Street, 1888.
Octavo maroon cloth, uncut; title stamped in gilt on front
cover; portrait, the 70th year, title, contents, (5)-140;
advertisement.
1888
Complete (portrait) Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman, 1855-1888.
Authenticated and Personal Book (handled by W. W.). Portraits from Life.
Autograph.
Eighth edition, Leaves of Grass; third edition of Prose Works.
Octavo, half cloth, uncut. Leaves of Grass, pp. 382; Specimen
Days, pp. 374; November Boughs, pp. 140. Portraits face pp. 29
and 206.