Leaves of Grass joints and hinges are strong

joints and hinges are strong with only a shallow break between pages 160 and 161

Ever-so-slightly rubbed extremities

Blake has signed each one

in quarter dark green leather with paper boards by Victoria Hall

Bound in brown linen stamped in brown with title on spine

Leaves of Grass joints and hinges are strongWalt Whitman, Leaves of Grass. London: The Folio Society, 2009. First printing thus. Introduced by Andrew Motion, illustrated by Abigail Rorer. 253 196 27 mm. Pp. [ivi] viixiii [xxiv], [12] 3184 [185186]. Type: Caslon. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in quarter green leather with buckram boards blocked with design by Frances Button based on the original edition of 1855; pale green endleaves. Green slip case. Rorer