New-York, 1865. First edition, second issue, with Sequel to Drum-Taps (Washington, 1865-66). 12mo. 72, (2), 24 pp. Publisher's full brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt; edges speckled red; book-plate of John L. Swift on front paste-down and with his signature on title-page; red morocco book-plate of Estelle Doheny on front paste-down; ownership inscription of Dewitt Miller, Cross River Westchester Co. New York, on rear paste-down; in red cloth slip case and chemise. Myerson A3.1.a2; BAL 21398; Wells and Goldsmith pp. 11-12

A lovely and very desirable copy of the second issue of Whitman's Drum-Taps, one of 1,000 copies printed. Featuring the first appearances of "When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd" and his famed "O Captain! My Captain!," written following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.