Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First Edition, First Printing. 252 pp. Original brown cloth, blind-stamped covers, gilt lettering to spine, brown coated endpapers. Spine lightly cocked, gilt dulled, corners rubbed, minor fray at crown and tail, boards faintly mottled; interior clean with mild toning. Ownership name “A.C. Robinson” inked on.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1881. Very Good. Dark green boards bound in cloth with gold gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Wear along the spine and the headband.This rare first edition of Thoreau’s Early Spring in Massachusetts offers a vivid, poetic glimpse into New England’s awakening landscape.....
Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited Edition. Full forest-green leather with gold ornamentation, three raised spine bands, all edges gilt, and silk moiré endpapers. An archival-quality copy. Thoreau’s foundational work of American literature, documenting his two-year experiment in simple living on the shores of Walden Pond. This edition captures the.....
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1910. 440 pp. Beautiful gold gilt art nouveau design on forest green boards. Very light wear on boards. Spine still has well pronounced gilt lettering and design on spine. Binding is intact, no loose pages. Gilt on top of pages is still shiny. Tissue is.....
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. 11 volumes, approx. 300–400 pp. each. Dark green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, top edges gilt. Moderate shelf wear, fraying along spines, fading to cloth, and toning to pages; overall sound and complete.The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, complete in eleven volumes: A......