Selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

2011.12.52.9a: A copy of Selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman with an attached bookmark (2011.12.52.9b). It is a faux, brown leatherbound hardcover book with a sewn binding. The book has brown leather front and back covers and gold leaf text and decorative elements. The title and author of the book, [Selections from / LEAVES / OF / GRASS / BY / WALT / WHITMAN], is centrally printed in gold leaf text inside an ornate gold leaf embossed frame. The frame is rectangular with three thin bands and mirror images of floral flourishes at the top and bottom that frame an egg-shaped urn. Printed in gold leaf on the spine, is another illustration of an egg-shaped urn at the top, the title and author at the center, and a small floral illustration at the bottom. The back cover of the book is plain.

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