Excerpt from Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Letters and Manuscripts Written by Walt Whitman: In the Library of George M. Williamson, Grand View on HudsonN bringing together the following books, letters, and manuscripts of Walt Whitman, I have endeavored to collect each edition from the first Brooklyn, 1855, to and including the Boston edition of 1897, and ending with a facsimile of the title page of the Bible given to Thomas Donaldson.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.