Leaves of grass: Including Sands at seventy, Good bye my fancy, Old age echoes, and A backward glance o'er travel'd roads

Small, Maynard & Co, January 1897. Hardcover. Fair - Cash/No Jacket. 1905 printing*** Forest green cloth hardboards with beautiful gold gilt lettering and embellishments. Embossed design on front cover and spine. Heavy soiling to cover. Round cup stain on front cover. Round water stain on back cover with rippeling. Surface and edges rubbed. Heavy wear to corners and edges rubbed down to hardboards with minor fraying. Corners bumped. Front paste down and front free endpaper have writing in pencil. Light markings in pencil. to the body of text. Edge of pages show reader wear. Pages 189 to 192 have chipping to the edges. Most pages are clean but do have a couple of soiling spots. Protective tissue paper to title page and illustration opposite title page. Solid binding and secure pages. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.