1855Leaves of GrassBrooklyn, New York; no publisher named, printed in Andrew Rome’s shop · No author’s name on the title page; his engraved portrait faces it
1856Leaves of GrassBrooklyn, New York; published, unacknowledged, by Fowler and Wells · Emerson’s greeting stamped in gold on the spine
1860Leaves of GrassBoston: Thayer and Eldridge, “Year 85 of The States”
1865Drum-TapsNew York; printed by Peter Eckler
1865–66Sequel to Drum-TapsWashington; Gibson Brothers, printers · With “O Captain! My Captain!”
1867Leaves of GrassNew York; Wm. E. Chapin & Co., printers
1871Democratic VistasWashington, D.C.; New York: J. S. Redfield
1871Passage to IndiaWashington, D.C.; printed in New York by J. S. Redfield
1871–72Leaves of GrassWashington, D.C.; J. S. Redfield, New York, agent
1881–82Leaves of GrassBoston: James R. Osgood and Company; then Philadelphia: Rees Welsh & Co., and David McKay · Withdrawn by Osgood in April 1882, after the Boston district attorney wrote
1882–83Specimen Days & CollectPhiladelphia: Rees Welsh & Co.
1888November BoughsPhiladelphia: David McKay
1891Good-Bye My FancyPhiladelphia: David McKay · The second annex to Leaves of Grass
1891–92Leaves of GrassPhiladelphia: David McKay · The last printing in his life, and the page stanza sets his poems by