WALDEN; By Henry David Thoreau / With Wood-engravings by Thomas W. Nason / Collector's Edition / Bound in Genuine Leather
by Thoreau, Henry David
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau is an American classic. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, and manual for self reliance. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9035
- Title
- WALDEN; By Henry David Thoreau / With Wood-engravings by Thomas W. Nason / Collector's Edition / Bound in Genuine Leather
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry David
- Illustrator
- Thomas W. Nason
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather with 22kt gold-stamping
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Poetry, literature, essay, classic, masterpiece, illustrated, wood-engravings, woodcuts, New England, environment, nature, Transcendentalist, Emerson, travel, exploration
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