First appearance of Walt Whitman's "Paumanok" (included in "Leaves of Grass")...

NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 29, 1888  Near the middle of page 6 is the printing of a short poem: "Paumanok" by Walt Whitman as noted at its conclusion. This was the very first printing of this Whitman poem as verified by the Walt Whitman Archive, and is very significant as such.
Twelve pages, partially loose at the spine, toned at the margins with some chipping & margin tears, should be handled carefully.
Background: Walt Whitman's poem "Paumanok" (from the 1888 Sands at Seventy annex to Leaves of Grass) is a brief, affectionate tribute to Paumanok—the Indigenous name for Long Island, his birthplace. He celebrates it as "Sea-beauty! stretch'd and basking!"—a fish-shaped isle flanked by contrasting waters: the busy, sheltered Long Island Sound (with commerce and sails) and the wild Atlantic (fierce or gentle winds, distant ships). Whitman highlights its dual gifts—sweet inland brooks, healthy soil and air—plus salty shores, breeze, and brine.