A Week On the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

First edition of Thoreau's first book – 1000 copies published at his own expense of which only 550 were bound - less than 300 were sold or given away by the publisher and Thoreau, and in 1853 the remainder was returned to him whereupon he hauled it up to his attic and sarcastically bemoaned the dismal sales. Top edge uncut.… Read more about this item

Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First edition of the author's first book. 413, [3] pp. With terminal advertisement leaf announcing "Will Soon Be Published Walden, or Life in the Woods ...". 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown blindstamped cloth. Spine perished, boards edgeworn and detached. Textblock clean and sound. Review of the book tipped in at end… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1981. [1981] Dark green hardcover bound in genuine leather, frontispiece, 327 pages. THIS IS NOT THE TRADE BOOK, A FACSIMILE, COMPOSITE OR SIMULATED LEATHER. THIS IS THE 1981 GENUINE LEATHER WITH GILT FINISHES EDITION PUBLISHED BY EASTON PRESS. Illustrator: R.J. Holden. Collector's Edition. Leather binding features gilt designs and lettering, gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold… Read more about this item

Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe And Company, 1849. First Edition. First and only Printing Very good- in its original, light brown, wavy cloth covered boards blind stamped with a five-rule border on both boards. This copy has been professionally rebacked preserving the majority of the original spine strip and retaining the original end sheets.… Read more about this item

Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. (Three blank lines on p. 396 not filled-in. Trade binding; BAL 20104.) 413, [1], [1, ad for Walden: "Soon to be published"] pp. Original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers. Very Good with worn and slightly chipped spine ends, edge-rubbing… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pa: The Franklin Library, 1983. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [10], 400, [1]; original full blue gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy.

[Lunenburg]: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Raymond Holden. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-7/8") bound in green buckram and green marbled paper; 352 pages. Introduction by Charles R. Anderson. Printed at the Stinehour Press. One of 2000 numbered copies illustrated with drawings by Raymond Holden and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon… Read more about this item

[Lunenburg]: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Raymond Holden. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-7/8") bound in green buckram and green marbled paper; 352 pages. Introduction by Charles R. Anderson. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Copy #887 of 2000 numbered copies illustrated with drawings by Raymond Holden and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.… Read more about this item

Softcover. 492 pp. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York (1961). First Edition thus. First Printing thus. First paperback edition. Bright, clean, unmarked copy appears to be gently read. Light edgewear to card extremities. Light suntanning of spine. Light spine creases. Very Good+ to Near Fine. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, with… Read more about this item

Avon, Conn.: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Limited Edition. Fine in 3/4 dark green cloth and marbled paper covered boards with two gilt on black title blocks on the spine and map end sheets. A small quarto measuring 10" by 6 1/2". The book is contained within a fine, black paper covered slip case. … Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1981. Hardcover. Octavo, 327 pages; VG; bound in fine green genuine leather, has profuse gilt tooling on the front and back covers, as well as the spine; binding has minimal rubbing on the front cover; gilt text block; contains a silk ribbon; silk endpapers; shelved easton press. 1320434. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862.

Boston, 1868. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo 7.25"x5. Book New and revised edition. (Second Edition, First Printing). 415pp. 12mo 7.25"x5". Original dark cloth w/embossed designs. Fst. published in 1849, describing a two-week river trip taken in 1839 in a boat he built with his brother John. Book was intended as a tribute to his… Read more about this item

[Lunenburg]: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper, otherwise Fine in a just about Fine slipcase with light wear to the label. Raymond Holden. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-7/8") bound in green buckram and green marbled paper; 352 pages. Introduction by Charles R. Anderson. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Copy #1657 of… Read more about this item

Avon Connecticut: Limited Editions Club. Fine with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled half cloth with marbled boards, map endpages. Limited edition #973 of 2000 signed by illustrator Holden. Fine condition in lightly worn slipcase. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 327 pages; Signed by Illustrator .

Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First Edition. Fine. First edition, first printing of the author's first book, which was published at his own expense. 413, [1], [1, ad for Walden: "Soon to be published"] pp. Bound in publisher's original trade binding with boards ruled in blind and spine decoratively stamped in blind and lettered in… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, c. 1880. New and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 415 pages. In Very Good condition. Fully bound in publisher's maroon cloth with gilt text on spine. Light fraying to spine edges and light edgewear and shelfwear to boards. Slight bumping to board corners. Textblock has mild to moderate age toning. Signs of bookplate removal from front… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Later printing. Hardcover. Good +/very good. covers spotted/mottled, offsetting to endpapers; light wear to jacket with spotting to spine. Includes table of poetical quotations, indexed. Reprint, 8th printing, no date. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

This is a handsome copy of "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" by HENRY DAVID THOREAU with a slip case. Signed, limited edition copy published by The Limited Editions Club in 1975. This copy is number 1,195 of only 2,000 printed and is signed by the illustrator, R.J. Holden. Maps on the end papers. Beautiful in-text illustrations throughout. Condition: The… Read more about this item