Click for full-size.
The Moon - SCARCE Limited Edition
by THOREAU, Henry D
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Slipcase: Very Good-
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. Limited Edition. Half-vellum over boards. Near Fine/Slipcase: Very Good-. 12mo. Pp. [i-iv], v-vii, [viii], 1-61, [3]. In half-vellum, gilt-stamped, over pale-blue boards, gilt lettering on front board. Just a hint of age-toning to preliminary leaves. Uncut. In the paper-covered card-stock slipcase, printed label mounted on spine. A bright copy. Slipcase with edge-wear and age-toning. Edition limited to 500 copies. First edition, only printing. Sourced from the journals that posthumously fell into Houghton's hands. With a three-page note signed F.H.A. in which it's speculated this work was intended to be completed as a lecture. Thoreau's prose begins, "My friends wonder that I love to walk alone in the solitary fields and woods by night ... ." Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Uncommon: The last three copies at auction appeared 2005,1996 and 1951. BAL 20153; BORST A26.1.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7732
- Title
- The Moon - SCARCE Limited Edition
- Author
- THOREAU, Henry D
- Format/Binding
- Half-vellum over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase: Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
Terms of Sale
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Orders placed directly on our website receive free domestic shipping via USPS Media Mail: www.longbrosbooks.com
All books are packed and shipped within 24 hours of receipt of order. Every book is professionally packaged in a heavy cardboard box and shipped via US Postal Service, fully insured. Shipping rates are $3.50 per book; an additional $1 for every book thereafter. Sets and oversized volumes might require additional postage – indication of such will be noted in the book description. Those orders ship at cost. Other shipping modes are available per arrangement. Institutions will be billed per requirements.
Long Brothers adheres to a strict code of professional conduct. We take pride in our customer service.
About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
How to identify a rare book
There are several important points to keep in mind when trying to determine if a book can be considered "rare". Read here to learn more.Learn how to determine if a book is rare
RIP (Please) George Romero: Modern Master of Zombie Horror
George Romero co-wrote and directed Night of the Living Dead in 1968, a film that inspired the modern zombie craze and made an indelible mark on American cinema. Come this way, horror fan...
