[Rarebooks] FS: The First Book Publication of Thoreau's CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

[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 C, 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. Bookplate of Julian La Pierre, M.D. dated 1904 on 
the front pastedown. Scattered light foxing; cloth with no wear but old 
staining to the spine and especially the rear cover. Still a Very Good 
copy. (#015681)        $900.00

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