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THE LONGEST AND GREATEST LEAVES OF GRASS MANUSCRIPT IN PRIVATE HANDS

Whitman, Walt. Important Leaves of Grass Autograph Manuscript Signed, "A Carol of Harvest for 1867," with Whitman's corrections and notes for the printer. (Later called "The Return of the Heroes"). [n.p.], 1867.

This is almost certainly the longest and one of the most important complete poetical manuscripts by Whitman remaining in private hands. This poem appears in Leaves of Grass as "The Return of the Heroes."
Price : price on request.
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SPECTACULAR CRIMEAN WAR QUILT

(Quilt.). Brilliantly colored handmade quilt using material from the uniform of a British soldier in the Crimean War. [n.p.], ca. 1853-1856.

This exceedingly rare and vibrantly beautiful quilt is stitched from the uniform of an English solider during the Crimean War.
Price : $15,000.
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FIRST EDITION OF WALDEN, WITH A MANUSCRIPT BY EMERSON ON WALDEN POND

Thoreau, Henry David. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

First edition of Thoreau's Walden, with an autograph note signed by Emerson tipped in.
Price : $35,000.
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