![]() ![]() (In “binding A” the ruling on the cover also appears in gilt, as does the title on the back of the book, and the edges of the pages are also gilt.) Both books contain the yellow endpapers typical of “binding B.” Spine view of "rebacked" 1855 Leaves of Grass (Call #: Rare Book Collection Folio PS3201 1855b)īut even though both fit the description of “binding B,” there are slight but noticeable differences. Both books, however, are in what is known as “binding B,” with only the title appearing on the cover in gilt. ![]() One has been “rebacked,” with a new leather spine added to the original cloth-covered boards. The unopened books have evident differences. One might expect to find two identical books with identical texts in the RBC copies. The first edition is one of the most sought-after American books of the 19th century. The RBC holds two copies of the first edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, published in 1855, and many other versions of the poem published in later editions. ![]() Why collect more than one copy of a book? Books have histories: How were they made? Who owned them? How were they used or read, and by whom? ![]()
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