[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of Henry David Thoreau's EXCURSIONS, 1863, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $700 NET

THOREAU, Henry David. EXCURSIONS. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863. First 
Edition. Original blue-green Z cloth. Portrait frontispiece, the first 
book to include a portrait of Thoreau. BAL 20111: 1558 copies printed. 
Borst A3.1.a states that 1558 copies were printed but only 1500 were 
bound. Ten pieces are contained within, including a Biographical Sketch 
by Emerson of Thoreau and nine essays by Thoreau, among them the famous 
"Walking." Early owner name of Edward L. Temple on the front blank and 
the early bookplate of the Rutland High School on the front pastedown. 
One signature pulled, scattered foxing and staining. Covers lightly 
soiled with minor wear to the spine, gilt bright. Very Good. 
(#015679)        $850.00

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