THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. 8vo, original brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered, some slight rubbing, endpapers a bit foxed. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (one of 2000 copies), title vignette of Thoreau's hut, map of Walden Pond (with imprint), 8-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1854 at rear. Borst A2.1.a; BAL 20106; Grolier American 63. A fine copy.

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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, some slight rubbing, endpapers a bit foxed. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (one of 2000 copies), title vignette of Thoreau's hut, map of Walden Pond (with imprint), 8-page publisher's catalogue dated April 1854 at rear. Borst A2.1.a; BAL 20106; Grolier American 63. A fine copy.

Provenance: Early pencilled signature of J. Walter Spooner on front free endpaper; George T. Goodspeed.