[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of Henry David Thoreau's WALDEN, 1854

[Charles Agvent]

One of many interesting 19th Century American and British Literary items 
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THOREAU, Henry David. WALDEN; OR, LIFE IN THE WOODS. Boston: Ticknor & 
Fields, 1854. First Edition. Rebound around the turn of the twentieth 
century by Crombie & Lamothe in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled paper 
boards with five raised bands and gilt ruling and lettering, matching 
marbled paper used as pastedowns and endpapers. The original cloth 
covers and spine, in very nice condition with gilt still bright, bound 
at rear, though the eight-page publisher's catalogue has not been bound 
in. Engraved title page and map inserted. There is a marginal dampstain 
in the outer top and bottom corners throughout, except on the map, 
rarely just touching the text but mostly not affecting any text. Small, 
neat bookplate of Abram Joseph Abeloff on the front endpaper. Very minor 
rubbing to joints. Very Good or better in an attractive binding. 
(#011384)        $6,500.00

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