Leaves of Grass (Two-Volume Deluxe McSweeney’s Edition)

From Illustoria's parent publishers at McSweeney's Several years in the making, McSweeney’s presents a gorgeous cloth-bound, hardcover, two-book edition of Leaves of Grass, stuffed to the brim with a dazzling array of ephemera designed to deeply enhance readers’ appreciation of Whitman’s original masterpiece. Featuring stunning new cover art by Jessica Hische and a slipcase illustrated by Angel Chang. In addition to the original, full-length work (presented precisely as Whitman desired), readers will find a second volume filled with his notebook and manuscript pages—generously made available to us and to all by the Walt Whitman Archive—totaling 344 pages of handwriting, cross outs, substitutions, and notes to both himself and his publishers. These materials provide crucial insight into how this magnificent work was created and was considered and reconsidered over the years by its author. Inside you will find: Volume One The complete and unabridged 1891–2 deathbed edition of Leaves of Grass Volume Two Hun