AUTHOR: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
TITLE: Leaves of Grass. The Poems of Walt Whitman selected, with introduction, by Ernest Rhys.
PUBLISHED: London, Walter Scott, 1886.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Blue or yellow cloth bound, 320 p
COVER: Two covers exist, one with blank front and back covers and another with "The Canterbury / Poets/ [birds and flowers] / [goldstamped background with raised single-rule frame around 'WHITMAN', both in relief and within an ornate blackstamped frame]" on the front and on the back a blindstamped triple-rule frame with floretlike design in each corner.
SPINE: First cover has a spine which reads, within a single-rule red frame, "The Poems / of / WALT / WHITMAN. / With / Prefatory Notice. / Edited by / ERNEST RHYS." Second has two lines in gothic: "Whitman's / Poems [in relief]" with flowers and vines designs.
MISC: One binding has laid or wove endpapers, issued uncut, another has no flyleaves with dark brown endpapers coated on one side with all edges trimmed and staind red.