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Item Details
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| Author: |
Thoreau, Henry D[avid] |
| Title: |
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods |
| Place: |
Boston |
| Publisher: |
Ticknor and Fields |
| Date: |
1854 |
| Item # : |
184464 |
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| Sale Number |
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364 |
| Lot Number |
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283 |
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| Fine Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries, with the David Oakey Collection of Gary Snyder |
| Sale Date |
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09/27/2007 |
| Price realized |
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$ 7475 |
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| Description: |
| 357, [1 blank] + 8 ad pp. Wood-engraved vignette on title-page. Illustrated with a map of Walden Pond. 7x4¼, original blind-stamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Housed in a custom drop-back box. First Edition. |
| First edition of one of the landmarks in American letters: "I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours" (p.346). The ads in this copy are dated May, 1854. BAL declares that the dates of the ads have "no known bibliographical significance". 2000 copies of the first edition were printed. With the bookplate of J. Roy W. Barrette. BAL 20106. |
| Condition: |
| Light spotting and wear to cloth, cloth repair to head and heel of spine, corners rubbed, front hinge a bit tender; else very good. |
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