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Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
by THOREAU, Henry David
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1854. First. hardcover. fine. Vignette on title page. 8vo, handsomely rebound in full light brown morocco with dark brown spine labels & raised bands.. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1854. First Edition.<br/> <br/> With ads dated June, 1854 (no priority). An attractive copy of high point in American literature<br/> <br/>
Synopsis
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau is an American classic. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, and manual for self reliance. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts.
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310414
- Title
- Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
- Author
- THOREAU, Henry David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Ticknor & Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1854
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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