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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers [Original Cloth]
by THOREAU, Henry D[avid]. (1817-1862)
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine+. First Printing, Second Issue, of Thoreau's first book. Crown 8vo (192 x 113mm): 413,[3], including terminal advertisement, "Will Soon Be Published Walden, or Life in the Woods," which the binder neglected to remove. Publisher's plum TR cloth (BAL binding D; Borst binding 2), covers blind-stamped at center with quatrefoil enclosing Maltese cross, buff end papers, spine lettered in gilt. Contemporary ex libris of J. L. James on fly leaf. Spine sunned but lettering legible, else an excellent example, binding tight, pages clean throughout. BAL 20104. Borst A1.1.a2. Allen, pp. 2-6. Jones, pp. 37-43. Adams, Papers Bibliographical Society of America, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 39-47. Johnson (High Spots), p. 73. Recollection of a seven-day boat voyage on calm New England waters, which Thoreau uses "as background of nature study, human study, reflections on history, and philosophic observation, all blended together with charm and even power." (Johnson) Now considered a classic, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers was originally one of the most famous failures in publishing. One thousand copies were printed in 1849 "at the author's risk." Of these, 75 were given away and 219 sold, leaving 706 copies, which were returned to the author on October 28, 1853. Thoreau piled up the copies (256 bound and 450 in sheets) on one side of his bed chamber, noting in his Journal: "I have now a library of nearly nine hundred volumes, over seven hundred of which I wrote myself." In 1862, Ticknor and Field bought many of the remaining copies (145 bound and 450 unbound, including our copy) from Thoreau and reissued the book with a new title page. And so, as others have noted, whoever owns a copy of this issue owns a copy once in Thoreau's library. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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Antwerp: Printed for the Plantins by Joannes Moretus, 1591. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Near Fine. Beautifully presented collection of 72 etchings by Pieter van der Borcht the Elder (who signed the plate on p. 357), from one of the gems of Renaissance illustrated books, a very early juvenilia, Ovid's Metamorphoses abbreviated. Oblong 16mo: 209-212,215-218,221-246,251-310,315-362,[17, index and approbatio]pp, with 72 full-page plates on 71 leaves (the versos of which carry the letterpress texts related to the plates on the rectos); the final plate is the full-page Plantin device, with the legend 'Labore et Constantinia.' Newly bound by Fitterer in full mottled calf with richly gilded spine. A defective copy (priced accordingly), but rich in beautiful plates and beautifully bound. Funck 374-375. Hollstein III, 100, nos. 200-377. Adams O-504 (misidentifuing the format as oblong 8vo]. Delen II, 92-93. The vast majority of pages are interleaved with period blanks, which are neither paginated nor…
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No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories
by MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia
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New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition (so stated) of the author's first book published in English translation, a novella and eight short stories. 8vo: [4],170pp. Publisher's quarter-bound brick-red cloth stamped in burgundy, mustard paper-covered boards, fore-edge untrimmed, boldly patterned end papers, illustrated dust jacket priced $5.95. Virtually pristine, an exemplary example, apparently unread, showing all first-issue points ('H-S' code on copyright page, without number line on terminal leaf), in a bright, nearly flawless first-issue jacket (Jerry Bauer credited for photograph of the author on the back panel, date code 0968 on front flap), with just mild toning to top of back panel and minute, nearly unnoticeable rub at the front spine-panel fold. Truly a collector's copy. Written between 1956 and 1957 and first published in 1961, the title novella (the book also includes a second, longer novella, Big Mama's Funeral) tells the story of an…
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The Affluent Society
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine+/Very Good+. First Printing (so stated) of the Harvard economist's celebrated examination of America's post-World War II consumer economy and political culture. Demy 8vo: xii,[2],368pp. Publisher's bronze-colored cloth stamped in silver and black, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-cut; yellow typographic jacket lettered in black and silver and priced $5.00, with author's photo on back panel. Near Fine or better (spine ends a touch frayed); better than Very Good jacket (spine lettering lightly faded, flap folds and spine ends professionally restored, though not affecting lettering or design). Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction, 46. NYPL Books of the Century, p.145. Galbraith "saw as perilous the modern economy's focus on ever-increasing production. Such a focus increased the violence of boom-bust cycles and inflation, Galbraith argued, and masked growing social imbalance." (NYPL) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we…
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. -/Fine. First Printing ("First American Edition" on copyright page) of the first single-volume edition of Eliot's wartime masterpiece (preceding the British edition by more than a year), in the first-issue dust jacket (with nine titles to back panel). Tall, slim 8vo: [8],39,[1]pp. Original black cloth, spine titled in gold; jacket printed in gray and black, priced $2. About Fine (lettering to spine occasionally rubbed); slight toning to jacket's spine panel, crown of spine nicked, else exceptionally well-preserved. Gallup A43. A total of 4,165 copies were printed, but 3,777 destroyed because the margins were incorrectly set, because of unskilled wartime labor. The remaining 788 copies, of which this is one, were issued as review copies and to preserve copyright. Collects four interrelated poems published separately over the previous three years. East Coker is the village in Somerset from which Eliot's ancestors departed for the New World, in…
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New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Printing (February, 1935, on copyright page), in First Issue dust jacket (with correct titles listed on rear panel), filmed in 1957 as The Tarnished Angels. 8vo: 315,[1]pp, with title-page vignette. Publisher's cobalt-blue V-cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gold within horizontal black band, top edge stained black; pictorial dust jacket, priced $2.50. Near Fine or better (flaking to spine lettering), in bright, Near Fine or better jacket (spine head rubbed and nicked, slight loss to front flap fold). Provenance: from the collection (now housed at the University of Central Florida Libraries) of bibliophiles Walter and Dorothy Donnelly, with their label on front paste down. Petersen A17.1a. Man Working 174. Fargnoli, pp. 211-16. Agnew, p. 10. Hanna 1163. In the early 1930s, made temporarily affluent by publication of Sanctuary and by Hollywood, Faulkner took up flying, bought a Waco cabin aircraft, and…
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The Mystic Masseur
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New York: Vanguard Press, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine+. First American Edition of the author's first novel, set in colonial Trinidad, where Naipaul was born. 8vo: xii,[2],7-215,[1]pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in French blue and mid-brown, upper cover with vignette of the mystic masseur; illustrated dust jacket, priced $3.50. Tightly bound (apparently unread) and clean throughout, with bottom edges very lightly rubbed; better than Near Fine jacket, lightly rubbed to head and heal of spine panel, which is lightened a degree or two. Awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1958, a year following its publication in London, by André Deutsch. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association,…
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New York: Pantheon, 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing (with full number line) of the author's first novel, set in Greece, Scotland, Greenwich Village, and Long Island, tracing the lives of a Scottish family. Signed by Glass, without inscription, on title page. 8vo: 353pp. Publisher's purple paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gold; first issue dust jacket (without the "Read This!" logo or "Good Morning America" blurb) priced $25. Winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction. Tightly bound (apparently unread) and clean throughout, a superior example. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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The Collector
by FOWLES, John (1926-2005)
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Impression of the author's important first novel. 8vo: 283 [1]pp. Publisher's rust-colored cloth with matching top stain, spine stamped in gold; price-clipped first issue dust jacket (without reviews) illustrated by Tom Adams. A Fine, bright example, probably unread, with crimp to head of spine; about Fine jacket (light dust-soiling to back panel). A psychological thriller (and instant bestseller) about a repressed council clerk and butterfly collector, Edward Clegg, who kidnaps an art student, the talented, beautiful Miranda Grey. (The William Wyler film starred Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar.) Almost the entire novel is set in the claustrophobic confines of the cellar where Clegg keeps Miranda until she eventually dies of pneumonia. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged…
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["The Hang of It," in] The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines [with mailing carton]
by SALINGER, J[erome]. D[avid]., 1919-2010
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Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers [through 1942], 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine-/Very Good+. First Edition, second issue (with 1943 copyright), of this World War II-era collection of "favorite stories, verse and cartoons for the entertainment of servicemen," including Salinger's first appearance in book form. Small 8vo: 336pp, with numerous color and black-and-white cartoon illustrations. Publisher's red, white, and blue pictorial boards (issued without dust jacket), in original pictorial shipping carton. About Near Fine, rubbed with minor loss of color to corners and tips and browning to wartime paper; Very Good or better shipping box (unused), reproducing book's cover image, rubbed along all edges. Not uncommon, except in the shipping carton (as here), very few of which have survived. Slawenski, p. 38. Originally published in the July 12, 1942, issue of Collier's. Salinger's story, "The Hang of It," begins on p. 332, and was carried into battle by countless soldiers." (Slawenski)…
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
by Thoreau, Henry D
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A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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Westvaco Corporation, 1966. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (with slipcase)
by Henry D. Thoreau
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West Virginia: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co., 1966. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with original slipcase. Book states: " This Limited Edition Is Published By West Virginia Pulp And Paper Company - Christmas 1966". The book itself is flawless, binding is tight like it was never read. Original publisher's blank bookplate was still included and was once attached to the front pastedown. Slipcase shows a lot of foxing with corner and edge bumping. Book condition graded as fine, slipcase is VG-minus. See photos.
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
by Doyle, Henry D. Thoreau introduction by Nathan H
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New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. a very good unique hardcover with pictorial covers decorated with white birch bark illustration, 399 pages with photo illustration of the Concord River as frontispiece with tissue guard, well preserved inner hinges, no handwriting, some wear to spine edges
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
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Thomas Y. Crowell, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. New York, 1900; illustrated cloth covered boards; corner and spine edge wear; 16mo - over 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on free front end paper; Interior is clean and unmarked; 399 pages,
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, 19)
by Henry D. Thoreau
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Princeton University Press, 2004. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2004 recent printing Princeton University Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Henry D. Thoreau's classic A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is published now as a new paperback edition and includes an introduction by noted writer John McPhee. This work--unusual for its symbolism and structure, its criticism of Christian institutions, and its many-layered storytelling--was Thoreau's first published book. In the late summer of 1839, Thoreau and his older brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. He wrote two drafts of this story at Walden Pond, which he continued to revise and expand until 1849, when he…
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