Leaves of Grass

xiii, 316 pp. Original green burlap cloth boards (designed to emulate woven grass), paper spine label, issued in green slipcase with paper label. Beautiful color and black & white illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel created specially for this edition. Introduction by Christopher Morley. From colophon: 'This edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was planned by Richard Ellis and produced under his direction. The illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel were rproduced in Similetone and Intaprint by the Zeese-Wilkinson Company of Long Island City. The paper was specially made for this new edition by the P. H. Glatfelter Company of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. The Composition, Printing and Binding by The Haddon Craftsmen of Camden, New Jersey.'