Cape Cod
by Henry David Thoreau
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
New York : Bramhall House, 1952 Book. Illus. by Henry Bugbee Kane. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. VG/VG First Edition, First Printing Book in Very Good condition. Golden cloth boards are square with sharp corners, straight spine, black titles. Slight warping at back cover corner. Flyleafs contain tape and pen marks, 300 pages are otherwise unmarked, and quite crisp. Many detailed illustrations by Henry Bugbee Kane. Dust Jacket in Very Good condition. White/ teal/ black color scheme with illustrations of a light house ont he front cover, and a woodland creature striking it rich on the back. Slight shelf wear, a few small chips, and a vague water spot on the front cover, tape marks inside. "Together with the traditional text of Cape Cod there has been coupled here for the first time Thoreau's Journal account of his fourth and last visit in June, 1857, to 'the bare and bended arm of Massachusetts'." From the DJ front flap.
Synopsis
Thoreau's classic account of his meditative, beach-combing walking trips to Cape Cod in the early 1850s, reflecting on the elemental forces of the sea Cape Cod chronicles Henry David Thoreau’s journey of discovery along this evocative stretch of Massachusetts coastline, during which time he came to understand the complex relationship between the sea and the shore. He spent his nights in lighthouses, in fishing huts, and on isolated farms. He passed his days wandering the beaches, where he observed the wide variety of life and death offered up by the ocean. Through these observations, Thoreau discovered that the only way to truly know the sea—its depth, its wildness, and the natural life it contained—was to study it from the shore. Like his most famous work, Walden , Cape Cod is full of Thoreau’s unique perceptions and precise descriptions. But it is also full of his own joy and wonder at having stumbled across a new frontier so close to home, where a man may stand and “put all America behind him.” Part of the Penguin Nature Library Series Editor: Edward Hoagland With an Introduction by Paul Theroux
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Details
- Bookseller
- Supercalifabulistic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000180
- Title
- Cape Cod
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
- Illustrator
- Henry Bugbee Kane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bramhall House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Thoreau, Cape Cod, Illustrations, Novel, Hardback, Hardcover, Rare, First Edition, Antique, First Printing
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