[Rarebooks] FS: Nice copy of the First Book Publication of Henry David Thoreau's CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, 1866

[Charles Agvent]

THOREAU, Henry David. A YANKEE IN CANADA, WITH ANTI-SLAVERY AND REFORM 
PAPERS. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. First Edition. Original green C 
cloth, Binding A, no priority given. BAL 20117: only 1546 copies 
printed. Borst A7.1.a notes 1500 copies printed. Distinguished for its 
containing, in addition to the title piece, the first book publication 
of "Civil Disobedience" and "Life Without Principle," Thoreau's two most 
famous essays, as well as all of his major political writings. "Civil 
Disobedience" influenced, among others, Gandhi and Martin Luther King 
Jr. who cited it as his first intellectual contact with the theory of 
nonviolent resistance. Evidence of removal of a small bookplate on the 
front pastedown, pencil owner name and notes on the front endpaper; 
front hinge cracked but covers tight. Contents quite clean. Some 
edgewear to the front board else little wear. Very Good. (#015682)    
     $1,000.00

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