Henry David Thoreau: The Concord and the Merrimack by Thoreau, Henry David; Excerpts from 'A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers' Arranged with Notes by Dudley C. Lunt; Illustrations by Henry Bugbee Kane - 1954

Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1954. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. You can see up and down the Merrimack several miles each way. The broad and straight river of light and life, with its sparkling and foaming falls, the islet which divides the stream… the woodland lake at its western base, and the mountains in the north and northeast, make a sense of rare beauty and completeness which the traveler should take pains to behold... [A] decade later, Thoreau revisted... The canals and locks were falling into disrepair and disuse... Instead of the scream of fish-hawk scaring the fishes, is heard the whistle of the steam engine, arousing a country to its progress." [Introductory Note] The book itself is in Near Fine condition with generally slight wear and some loss at the top of the spine. The dust jack has scuffing, chipping and small tears on the top and back covers with additional loss at the top and bottom of the spine. The pages are in Fine condition with tight hinges. A STATED FIRST EDITION.