Wild Fruits: Thoreau's Rediscovered Last Manuscript by THOREAU, Henry David (author); DEAN, Bradley P. (editor) - 2000

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0393047512 . Second printing. An unpublished manuscript on the topic of "wild fruits" by Henry David Thoreau was discovered after his death. Bringing the writings to print proved a challenge due to Thoreau's difficult handwriting and annotation scheme. Editor Bradley P. Dean was able to accomplish this, resulting in this attractive work. With illustrations by Abigail Rorer, a map of the Concord, Massachusetts area to endpapers, and facsimiles of pages from Thoreau's original manuscript. --- In green and brown paper-covered boards with blue and gilt foil titling to spine. Jacket features Rorer color artwork to front and back. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy but with a hint of sunning along top edges. Unclipped jacket without noticeable damages; protected in removable clear mylar wrapper.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xvii, 409 pages .