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THOREAU, Henry David. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
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THOREAU, Henry David. Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
8o. 8-page publisher's advertisement at end dated June 1854 (no priority). Vignette of Thoreau's hut on title, map of Walden pond. (Some scattered spotting, some pencilled marginalia.) Original brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered (repairs at corners and ends of spine, some light soiling); cloth folding case. Provenance: Eva Ball (signature on title).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, one of 2,000 copies. Borst A2.1a; BAL 20106; Grolier American 63; Johnson High Spots 72.
[With:] DERLETH, August. Walden Pond. Homage to Thoreau. Iowa City: Prairie Press, 1968. 8o. Cloth; dust jacket. -- SKINNER, B.F. Walden Two. New York: Macmillan, 1948. 8o. Cloth; dust jacket. (3)
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, one of 2,000 copies. Borst A2.1a; BAL 20106; Grolier American 63; Johnson High Spots 72.
[With:] DERLETH, August. Walden Pond. Homage to Thoreau. Iowa City: Prairie Press, 1968. 8