The Maine Woods
by Thoreau, Henry D
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Woodstock, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. Original black cloth. Crudely rebacked with black tape with original spine remounted; cover edges and corners worn; blank leaf removed after front flyleaf; small stain in gutter through about first half of text. Advertisement for "Mr. Thoreau's writings" list four titles with prices. Catalog at back dated June 1864. Last leaf advertising "the fourteenth volume.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- By Books Alone (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007348
- Title
- The Maine Woods
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- Travel, Adventure, Maine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...