Living the Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing - 1972

the natural history press, 1970 solid hardcover edition some wear to jacket

Schocken, 0000-00-00. mass_market. Used: Good.

Schocken Books, Inc., 1971. Hardcover. How to live sanely and simply in a troubled world. Good unclipped dust jacket; light shelfwear and edge chipping in spine area. Pages clean, binding tight.

New York: Schocken Books, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fifth printing. 213 pp. including index. Lightly bumped at the top corners. The leaves are lightly toned around their margins. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has light edge wear. The price, $4.95, is present on the front flap..

New York: Galahad Books, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full brown paper boards. xx, 213 pp., [12 pp.] B&W photos. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is lightly bumped to extremities, a few short tears to top edge, small spot of wear to spine foot. This book, like Walden, is deeply rooted in an enduring American tradition of dissent from the majority and respect for the land. It is the distillation of 20 years in the woods, and it offers wisdom and practical guidance to city dweller and prospective homesteader alike.

Harborside, ME: Social Science Inst.. Hardcover. 1954. 8vos 209, 146pp . Near Fine with no DJ. B&W Photographs. This is a two volume set housed in a gray cardboard slipcase in VG condition with no splitting. Gray cloth spines with decorated boards. Very slight red remainder mark to front edges. Living the Good Life: Being a Plain Practical Account of a Twenty Year Project in a Self-Subsistent Homestead in Vermont, Together With Remarks on How to live Sanely & Simply in a Troubled World. Helen Knothe Nearing (February 23, 1904 – September 17, 1995) was an American author and advocate of simple living. Helen knothe and Scott Nearing started a relationship in 1928 and married nearly 20 years later, in 1947. The couple lived in rural Vermont where they grew much of their food and erected nine stone buildings over the course of two decades. They earned money by producing maple syrup and sugar from the trees on their land and from Scott Nearing' s occasional paid lectures. In 1952, Helen… Read More