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Hardcover, large octavo bound in green cloth, lacking dust-jacket. 392 pages. Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with frontispiece and 10 full page plates. First edition, first printing. An important biography illumining the friendship of Whitman and Burroughs. Much on the contemporary reception of “Leaves of Grass” as well as glimpses of important personages of the period. No previous ownership marks. Book is tight, clean and unmarked. Very good.