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Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

The Work

First published
1855

Drew's Copy

Edition
Aventine Press hardcover edition
Publisher
Aventine Press
Published in
New York
Copy published
1931
Binding
Cloth hardcover
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Owned
Condition
Worn rust-colored cloth with rubbed and frayed spine ends, bumped corners, surface marks, and age-toned deckled pages
American PoetryWalt WhitmanNineteenth-Century PoetryPoetryAmerican Literature

Acquisition & Provenance

Acquisition type
Library discard
Source
Local library discard cart
Context
Picked up from the discard cart at the local library in August 2026

How This Copy Came to the Library

Picked up from the discard cart at the local library in August 2026.

About This Copy

This is the 1931 Aventine Press hardcover edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. The volume also includes Sands at Seventy, First Annex; Good-By My Fancy, Second Annex; A Backward Glance O’er Traveled Roads; and Portrait from Life.

Memories & Connections

Picked up from the discard cart at the local library in August 2026.
Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of Leaves of Grass
The plain rust-colored cloth cover of Drew's 1931 Aventine Press edition of Leaves of Grass.
Shelf and spine of Drew's copy of Leaves of Grass
The worn gilt-lettered spine identifies Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.
Text block and page edges of Drew's copy of Leaves of Grass
The heavily age-toned deckled page edges of this clothbound copy.
Title page of Drew's copy of Leaves of Grass
The Aventine Press title page lists Leaves of Grass together with Sands at Seventy, First Annex, Good-By My Fancy, Second Annex, A Backward Glance O'er Traveled Roads, and Portrait from Life.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of Leaves of Grass
The copyright page records the 1931 Aventine Press publication.