[Rarebooks] FS: First Book Publication of Thoreau's CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Thu Dec 15 11:54:55 EST 2016
Price reduced to $400 NET
THOREAU, Henry David. A YANKEE IN CANADA, WITH ANTI-SLAVERY AND REFORM
PAPERS. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. First Edition. Original purple 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. Front flyleaf lacking though brown endpapers are
present; contents quite clean. Spine sunned but gilt still bright; minor
fraying to spine tips. Very Good. (#015683) $800.00
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