THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
The first edition, first printing of an American literary masterpiece, in original cloth. Robert Frost remarked that in this one book Thoreau "surpasses everything we have had in America" (letter to Wade Van Dore, 24 June 1922). A foundational text of the Transcendentalist movement, Walden has "for almost a hundred years [been] an inspiration to nature-lovers, to philosophers, to those of a Calvin Coolidge turn, and to persons who love to read the English language written with clarity" (Grolier). BAL 20106; Grolier American 63.
Octavo (180 x 115mm). Title vignette of Thoreau’s cabin; lithographic map of Walden Pond, issue with faint imprint; 8 pages of advertisements dated April 1854. Publisher's original brown cloth (light wear to caps); green solander box.
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THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
The first edition, first printing of an American literary masterpiece, in original cloth. Robert Frost remarked that in this one book Thoreau "surpasses everything we have had in America" (letter to Wade Van Dore, 24 June 1922). A foundational text of the Transcendentalist movement, Walden has "for almost a hundred years [been] an inspiration to nature-lovers, to philosophers, to those of a Calvin Coolidge turn, and to persons who love to read the English language written with clarity" (Grolier). BAL 20106; Grolier American 63.
Octavo (180 x 115mm). Title vignette of Thoreau’s cabin; lithographic map of Walden Pond, issue with faint imprint; 8 pages of advertisements dated April 1854. Publisher's original brown cloth (light wear to caps); green solander box.
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