Walden; or, Life in the Woods.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. 8vo. (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 185 x 115 mm.) Plan of Walden pond facing p. 307 and publisher’s 8 pp. catalogue dated May, 1854 (no priority given). Original blind stamped brown cloth, spine title gilt, cloth clamshell box. Condition: Expert recasing to barely edge worn publisher’s cloth binding, spine ends repaired; front free pale yellow endpaper replaced, the rear lacking. Provenance: Charles Clifford Dribble (bookplate). the first edition of this account of Walden’s stay on Walden Pond, the most famous of all American “nature” books. BAL 20106. Grolier 100 American , 63.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. 8vo. (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 185 x 115 mm.) Plan of Walden pond facing p. 307 and publisher’s 8 pp. catalogue dated May, 1854 (no priority given). Original blind stamped brown cloth, spine title gilt, cloth clamshell box. Condition: Expert recasing to barely edge worn publisher’s cloth binding, spine ends repaired; front free pale yellow endpaper replaced, the rear lacking. Provenance: Charles Clifford Dribble (bookplate). the first edition of this account of Walden’s stay on Walden Pond, the most famous of all American “nature” books. BAL 20106. Grolier 100 American , 63.
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