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CAPE COD
by Henry David Thoreau
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dayton, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Heritage Press, 1968. Hardcover. Brown cloth, lacking the publisher's slipcase. Includes Sandglass notes. Spine lettering a bit dulled else a clean, tight hardcover book in very good condition. Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch.
Synopsis
Thoreau's classic account of his meditative, beach-combing walking trips to Cape Cod in the early 1850s, reflecting on the elemental forces of the sea Cape Cod chronicles Henry David Thoreau’s journey of discovery along this evocative stretch of Massachusetts coastline, during which time he came to understand the complex relationship between the sea and the shore. He spent his nights in lighthouses, in fishing huts, and on isolated farms. He passed his days wandering the beaches, where he observed the wide variety of life and death offered up by the ocean. Through these observations, Thoreau discovered that the only way to truly know the sea—its depth, its wildness, and the natural life it contained—was to study it from the shore. Like his most famous work, Walden , Cape Cod is full of Thoreau’s unique perceptions and precise descriptions. But it is also full of his own joy and wonder at having stumbled across a new frontier so close to home, where a man may stand and “put all America behind him.” Part of the Penguin Nature Library Series Editor: Edward Hoagland With an Introduction by Paul Theroux
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1241026
- Title
- CAPE COD
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
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About the Seller
Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Dayton, Ohio
About Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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