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219. Thoreau, Henry David. Walden: or Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. Octavo (7.36 x 4.5 in.; 187 x 114 mm.) Vignette on title showing Thoreau’s hut. Lithographed plan of Walden Pond, 8-page publisher’s catalogue dated September 1854 inserted between rear endpapers. Original brown cloth covers decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt and a bit frayed at head and foot. Cloth folding case with leather gilt spine.
First edition. A fine copy of Thoreau’s celebrated account of transcendentalist self-sufficiency. The title vignette shows the author’s hut, as drawn by his sister Sophia.
References: Allen 8; BAL 20106; Borst A21.a; Grolier, American 63. $1,500 - $2,500
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