(Hanna, Boyd)illus. LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman. Peter Pauper Press, Mt. Vernon, NY. Not dated, but 1950. Folio, Brown morocco over paper-covered boards with grass pattern, with gilt-lettered spine slipcase, 400pp., illustrated with 16 full-page color wood-engravings by Boyd Hanna. An unnumbered (out of series) copy from the edition of 1100. A luxuriously produced edition, printed on fine paper, and with handsome typography. Perhaps the most beautiful of the many editions of Whitman's book. Fine, slipcase shows some edgewear, but still Very Good. Boyd Hanna, 1907-1987, was born in Pennsylvania and studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
