The Maine Woods by Henry D. Thoreau - 1864

First edition Hardcover in Buckram Brown cloth with the same date on the Title page and Copyright page. Gilt lettering on the spine. In Acceptable to Fair condition due to the missing rear end page, edge wear to the top and bottom of spine, foxing, what looks like glue spots on the inside of the boards, corners bumped, damp stains, and faded gilt lettering on the spine. This book has an Appendix plus 23 pages of advertisements in the back. First edition, one of 1,650 copies. 1650 copies printed though Borst A4.1.a states that 1450 copies were printed. True first printing with list of Thoreau's books priced. Catalogue dated April 1864 with last leaf advertising "The Thirteenth Volume." About THE MAINE WOODS, Dave Foreman, Earth-First eco-warrior/author, has written that it is "Thoreau's finest book, far deeper and more important than WALDEN . On his two trips into the deep Maine wilderness Thoreau had an epiphany that enabled him to realize that 'in wildness is the preservation of the world.' It was In The Maine Woods rather than Walden that changed American intellectual history."
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