[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Virginia fine press/Thoreau item

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[Attic Press] Walter Harding. Mr. Thoreau Declines an Invitation. Two Unpublished Papers by Thoreau: an Original Letter and an Annotated Questionnaire. Richmond, VA: The Attic Press, 1956. 

One of “approximately” 135 copies, “of which a limited number will be offered for sale,” printed in Cloister Oldstyle on Nideggen paper. Small 8vo, original wrappers. [10], [1] pp. The inside covers feature reproductions of the letter and the questionnaire. 

OCLC notes 19 copies in institutions, which could account for its scarcity on the market. The text is Thoreau’s response to an invitation to join the Association for the Advancement of Science. 

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