WALDEN
by Henry David Thoreau
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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CROTON-ON-HUDSON, New York, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1981. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good, bound in full, genuine leather with gilt accents, 22kt gold page edges and a hubbed spine. Smyth sewn, interior vaunts orange moire end papers, acid-neutral paper (won't yellow or become brittle over time) and silk ribbon page marker. Minimal wear to exterior. A few small blemishes to page edges. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Evolving Lens Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15641
- Title
- WALDEN
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk
- Date Published
- 1981
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....