The illustrations ALONE are worth the price. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Lewis C. Daniel (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus. B&W and Color Illustrations; Green burlap covered boards with a paper spine label. The text pages are clean and bright. llustrated throughout by Lewis C. Daniel. There is some beginning fading to the spine and spine joints of the book covers. Called the Deathbed edition, this copy of Leaves of Grass contained the final arrangement of the poems in the order and containing the content the author preferred, which he worked on during his last days. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass-Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1940 First Thus Original green burlap cloth boards, paper spine label, rare book. Original green burlap cloth boards Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass-Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1940. First Thus. Large Hardcover, slip box is not included. Very Good/No Jacket. Daniel, Lewis C. faded slipcase. Spine faded. 1940 Large Hardcover. xiii, 316 pp. Original green burlap cloth boards, paper spine label, issued with paper label. Beautiful color and black & white illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel created specially for this edition. Introduction by Christopher Morley. From colophon: 'This edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was planned by Richard Ellis and produced under his direction. The illustrations by Lewis C. Daniel were reproduced in Similetone and Intaprint by the Zeese-Wilkinson Company of Long Island City. The paper was made for this new edition by the P. H. Glatfelter Company of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. The Composition, Printing and Binding by The Haddon Craftsmen of Camden, New Jersey.