Item 3054Leaves of Grass
Worthington. Hardcover. iii-iv. 456pp. 8vo. One of Worthington's rare pirated editions using Thayer & Eldridge's 1860 plates after that publisher went bankrupt. Publisher adverts in back of book. Controversy ensued when Whitman came across a copy of the unauthorized printing and threatened legal action against Worthington. Original brown cloth binding.....

