Lot 215
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The Property of A GENTLEMAN
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1854. 8vo, original brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered, light wear at ends of spine and three fore-corners, faint spotting to covers, brown cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (one of 2000 copies), title vignette of Thoreau's hut, map of Walden Pond, 8-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1854 inserted at rear. Borst A2.1.a; BAL 20106; Grolier American 63.

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THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1854. 8vo, original brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered, light wear at ends of spine and three fore-corners, faint spotting to covers, brown cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (one of 2000 copies), title vignette of Thoreau's hut, map of Walden Pond, 8-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1854 inserted at rear. Borst A2.1.a; BAL 20106; Grolier American 63.