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Walt Whitman

19 copies for sale · $40–$22,000 · 5 first editions · 7 signed

Notable copies for sale

Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman 1855... 1888 Leaves of Grass (signed) — Manhattan Rare Books$22,000
Leaves of Grass with: Two Rivulets Signed author's edition (signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$17,500
Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman (signed) — John Windle Antiquarian$11,950
The Complete Writings in 10 vols (signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$11,500
Albumen Photograph Given to Mary O. Davis (signed) — Manhattan Rare Books$6,500
Autograph Postcard Signed (signed) — Bauman Rare Books$3,000
Drum Taps bound with Sequel to Drum-Taps. When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$9,500
Autographed Letter Signed ALS Mentioning Leaves of Grass (first edition) — Manhattan Rare Books$8,500
Autograph Letter Draft to Alfred Pratt. WITH: Alfred Pratt’s autograph letter to Whitman — Manhattan Rare Books$20,000
Leaves of Grass with Sands at Seventy & A Backward Glance o’er Travel’d Roads — Manhattan Rare Books$11,500
LEAVES OF GRASS (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$12,000
POETRY-LEAVES OF GRASS (NOTABLE AMERICAN AUTHORS) By Walt Whitman - Hardcover — eBay$157

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Works on the market

LEAVES OF GRASS2 copies · $65–$12,000
Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman 1855... 1888 Leaves of Grass1 copy · $22,000
Autograph Letter Draft to Alfred Pratt. WITH: Alfred Pratt’s autograph letter to Whitman1 copy · $20,000
Leaves of Grass with: Two Rivulets Signed author's edition1 copy · $17,500
Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman1 copy · $11,950
The Complete Writings in 10 vols1 copy · $11,500
Leaves of Grass with Sands at Seventy & A Backward Glance o’er Travel’d Roads1 copy · $11,500
Drum Taps bound with Sequel to Drum-Taps. When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd1 copy · $9,500
Autographed Letter Signed ALS Mentioning Leaves of Grass1 copy · $8,500
Albumen Photograph Given to Mary O. Davis1 copy · $6,500
Autograph Postcard Signed1 copy · $3,000
POETRY-LEAVES OF GRASS (NOTABLE AMERICAN AUTHORS) By Walt Whitman - Hardcover1 copy · $157
Leaves of Grass. Including a facsimile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a 1 copy · $65
OVERHEAD THE SUN By Walt Whitman & Antonio Frasconi - Hardcover1 copy · $60
Songs of democracy, by Walt Whitman1 copy · $53
EDWARD WESTON: LEAVES OF GRASS. By Walt Whitman - Hardcover1 copy · $44

Market context

17 copies of Walt Whitman's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $500 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):

Leaves of Grass, Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860-61, i.e. R. Worthington, c. 1879 (dominic winter, 2026-06-01)£220

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