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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
WHITMAN, WALT. Drum Taps. 8vo, publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth, a touch of light blistering, tiny chips at spine tips, joints rubbed with slight exposure in a few places, otherwise nicer than normally encountered; pastedowns showing the usual blistering, minor repair to hinges, signatures stressed but intact throughout. New York, 1865; Washington, 1865-66
first edition, the important and preferred second issue, bound with the separately printed "Sequel to Drum Taps." Whitman printed roughly 100 copies in May of 1865 before halting production to accommodate the additional poems spurred by Lincoln's assassination, including Oh, Captain! My Captain! Increasingly scarce. BAL 21398.
