[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of Thoreau's EXCURSIONS, 1863
Charles Agvent
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Fri Oct 8 11:47:49 EDT 2021
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
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