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Henry David Thoreau, 1854
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau, 1854
THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1854.
A fine copy of the first edition, first printing. Robert Frost remarked that in this one book Thoreau "surpasses everything we have had in America" (letter to Wade Van Dore, 24 June 1922). "Solid chunks of thought, in the midst of a solid chunk of nature, proving that the minimum of cash expenditure and of creature comfort may result in the maximum of acute observation and cerebration – for almost a hundred years 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 American 63). BAL 20106.
Octavo (180 x 110mm). Ads dated June 1854. Original brown cloth (slightest rubbing to spine ends); custom box.
Henry David Thoreau, 1854
THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1854.
A fine copy of the first edition, first printing. Robert Frost remarked that in this one book Thoreau "surpasses everything we have had in America" (letter to Wade Van Dore, 24 June 1922). "Solid chunks of thought, in the midst of a solid chunk of nature, proving that the minimum of cash expenditure and of creature comfort may result in the maximum of acute observation and cerebration – for almost a hundred years 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 American 63). BAL 20106.
Octavo (180 x 110mm). Ads dated June 1854. Original brown cloth (slightest rubbing to spine ends); custom box.
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