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Cape Cod
by Thoreau, Henry David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+(boards show moderate shelfwear;corners and ends of cover are mildly worn and mildly scuffed; frontispiece tissue guard is
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1908. Hardcover. Good+(boards show moderate shelfwear;corners and ends of cover are mildly worn and mildly scuffed; frontispiece tissue guard is torn at foot end; there is an inscription on half-title page; binding is tight; pages are clean and show light age toning, as expected). Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration; inside cover and following leaf is white with green illustration; back cover is the same;bw frontispiece with descriptive tissue guard; title page lettered in red and black;(vii)319 pp.; five bw plates. This book is thoreau's musings on the people and history of Cape Cod.
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
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 191386
- Title
- Cape Cod
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+(boards show moderate shelfwear;corners and ends of cover are mildly worn and mildly scuffed; frontispiece tissue guard is
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Gallimaufry ; Thoreau, Henry David ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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