Cape Cod
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 front endpaper. Binding tight, pages untrimmed and complete.
Posthumously published by Ticknor & Fields and collecting from the author’s walking excursions across the Cape between 1849 – 1857, Cape Cod blends travel narrative, natural history, and philosophical reflection in Thoreau’s characteristic New England prose.
A classic of American Transcendentalism, rich in local color and contemplative observation. This first edition in the original publisher’s cloth, seldom found unrestored.
Price: $575.00